Arpenik Charents
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Arpenik Charents was an Armenia
n writer, literary critic, specialist in Charents studies. She is the daughter of the great Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents
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After her parent's arrest in 1937 during the stalinist
terror, she lived in The Kanaker Children's home.
She studied philology at Yerevan State University
. Arpenik was one of the main initiators and founders of The Charents house-museum in Yerevan (also the chairwoman of the scientific council), recollected her father's 6000-volume library, researched and spread the literary work and life story of Yeghishe Charents all over the country. She wrote novels, short stories and memoirs about her sad childhood, and was a member of the Writers Union of Armenia
.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n writer, literary critic, specialist in Charents studies. She is the daughter of the great Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents
Yeghishe Charents
Yeghishe Charents was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents was an outstanding poet of the twentieth century, touching upon a multitude of topics that ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialism, and, more prominently, on Armenia and Armenians.An early champion...
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After her parent's arrest in 1937 during the stalinist
Stalinism
Stalinism refers to the ideology that Joseph Stalin conceived and implemented in the Soviet Union, and is generally considered a branch of Marxist–Leninist ideology but considered by some historians to be a significant deviation from this philosophy...
terror, she lived in The Kanaker Children's home.
She studied philology at Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University is a university in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded on May 16 1919, it is the largest university in the country with 110 departments. Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents , and 360 assistant lecturers...
. Arpenik was one of the main initiators and founders of The Charents house-museum in Yerevan (also the chairwoman of the scientific council), recollected her father's 6000-volume library, researched and spread the literary work and life story of Yeghishe Charents all over the country. She wrote novels, short stories and memoirs about her sad childhood, and was a member of the Writers Union of Armenia
Writers union of Armenia
The Writers' Union of Armenia was founded in August 1934, simultaneously with the USSR Union of Writers and as a component part of the USSR Union.-1930s:...
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Books
- The Unknown Inside the Known, Yerevan, 2005
- My Universities, Yerevan, 2000
- The Prayers of Yeghishe Charents, Yerevan, 1999
- The Children's Home, Yerevan, 1994