Alexander Tsaturyan

Alexander Tsaturyan
Born	(1865-03-28)March 28, 1865 Zakatala, Zakatali Okrug, Russian Empire
Died	March 17, 1917(1917-03-17) (aged 51) Tiflis,
Nationality	Armenian
Occupation(s)	poet and translator

Alexander Tsaturyan (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Ծատուրյան; March 28, 1865, in Zakatala – March 31, 1917, in Tiflis) was an Armenian poet and translator.

Biography

Alexander Tsaturyan was born in Zakatala on April 11, 1865. He came from a poor family and received his education at a local church-parish school and a three-year district school. Later in life, he moved to Moscow and spent most of his life there. Tsaturyan started writing at a young age and was first published in 1885. His first collection of poems was released in 1891.[1]

In addition to his original works, Tsaturyan was also a translator of Russian and European poets, publishing two volumes of poetic translations titled “Russian Poets” in 1905.[1]

Portrait of Alexander Tsaturyan

Works

Tsaturyan depicted the labor, suffering and dreams of his native people (cycle “From Songs of Suffering”, 1893), the struggle of workers against oppressors (“Lullaby of a Worker”, 1910). In the collection of satirical poems “Jokes of the Pen” (1901), Tsaturyan ridiculed the vices of the rich and churchmen.[2] Many of Tsaturyan’s poems became folk songs. He died on March 31, 1917, in Tbilisi and was buried in Tbilisi at the Khojivank Pantheon.[3]

References

1. "Поэт Александр Цатурян | Наша среда" (in Russian). 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
2. "Цатурян Александр Иосифович — Энциклопедия фонда «Хайазг»". ru.hayazg.info. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
3. "Цатурян Александр Овсепович в переводах К.Д. Бальмонта". Центральная универсальная научная библиотека. Retrieved 2023-03-27.

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