Vahagn Davtyan () (August 15, 1922, Arabkir,

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– February 21, 1996,

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poet, translator, publicist and public activist.

Biography

He was born in the town of

Arapgir Arapgir ( hy, Արաբկիր; ku, Erebgir) is a town and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. As of 2000 it had a population of 17,070 people. It is situated at the confluence of the eastern and western Euphrates, but some miles from the right ...

. Davtyan was a Renowned activist of culture (1971) and a Corresponding Member of Armenian National Academy (1986). He was also an editor ("Grakan tert", "Hayreniki dzayn", "Veradznvadz Hayastan"). From 1990 to 1994 he was the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He translated the works of

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

Sergei Yesenin Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin ( rus, Сергей Александрович Есенин, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈsʲenʲɪn; ( 1895 – 28 December 1925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one o ...

Sándor Petőfi Sándor Petőfi ( []; né Petrovics; sk, Alexander Petrovič; sr, Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet of Serbian origin and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's ...

Alexander Blok Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Blok.oga; 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publ ...

, etc. The main theme of his works were fatherland, human, his work and emotions. He mainly wrote

poem Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...

s and

ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...

s. He died in 1996 in

, Armenia. Vahagn Davtyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan.Davtyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon
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Works

His works were printed since 1935. In his poem collections "First Love" («Առաջին սեր», 1947) and "The Morning of the World" («Աշխարհի առավոտը», 1950) were expressed the emotions of the participants of the

German-Soviet War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...

. The poem "A Way Along the Heart" («Ճանապարհ սրտի միջով», 1952) is dedicated to

Hunan Avetisyan Hunan Avetisyan ( hy, Հունան Ավետիսյան, russian: Уна́н Мкрти́чович Аветися́н; 20 July 1914 – 16 September 1943) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Red Army senior sergeant from the 89th Rifle Division (Soviet ...

. He was awarded by the State Prize of Armenia in 1977 and 1985.

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Վահագն Դավթյան (1922–1996)
1922 births 1996 deaths 20th-century Armenian poets 20th-century male writers 20th-century translators People from Malatya Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Armenian male poets Armenian translators Translators to Armenian Turkish emigrants to the Soviet Union Turkish people of Armenian descent Burials at the Komitas Pantheon {{armenia-translator-stub

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Works

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