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APRIL 6 - PROMINENT ARMENIAN WRITER LEVON SHANT'S BIRTHDAY
Tert.am
06.04.12
Today marks the 143th birth anniversary of prominent Armenian
playwright, novelist, poet and public figure Levon Shant.
Born in 1869 to a family of vendors, Shant lost his parents at an
early age. After receiving his primary education in a Constantinople
Armenian seminary, he went to Echmiadzin and later pursued his studies
in Leipzig, Jena and Munich, specializing mainly in psychology and
pedagogy. In 1899, he returned to the Transcaucasus where he was
engaged in a teaching activity for over 10 years.
Shant was a member of Tbilisi's Vernatun club and maintained close
contacts with his contemporaries (Hovhannes Tumanyan, Ghazaros
Aghayan, Avetik Isahakyan and Derenik Demirchyan). He returned to
Constantinople in 1911 to continue teaching. In 1915, he settled in
Europe, and four years later, again returned to the Transcacuasus.
Shant was a vice president of Armenia's parliament during the First Republic.
His creative life lasted six decades. In the 1890s, he published his
poems, and series of short storeys. But Shant's most prominent pieces
that left an important trace in the Armenian literature and culture
are associated with his dramaturgy that include such works as The I"
Man (1901), For Someone (1903), On the Road (1904), Ancient gods
(1908), The Emperor (1916) etc.
Shant also translated works by the world-renowned writers, Ethel
Lilian Voynich (Gadfly) and Henrik Ibsen (An Enemy of the People).
He died on November 29, 1951 in Beirut.
Tert.am
06.04.12
Today marks the 143th birth anniversary of prominent Armenian
playwright, novelist, poet and public figure Levon Shant.
Born in 1869 to a family of vendors, Shant lost his parents at an
early age. After receiving his primary education in a Constantinople
Armenian seminary, he went to Echmiadzin and later pursued his studies
in Leipzig, Jena and Munich, specializing mainly in psychology and
pedagogy. In 1899, he returned to the Transcaucasus where he was
engaged in a teaching activity for over 10 years.
Shant was a member of Tbilisi's Vernatun club and maintained close
contacts with his contemporaries (Hovhannes Tumanyan, Ghazaros
Aghayan, Avetik Isahakyan and Derenik Demirchyan). He returned to
Constantinople in 1911 to continue teaching. In 1915, he settled in
Europe, and four years later, again returned to the Transcacuasus.
Shant was a vice president of Armenia's parliament during the First Republic.
His creative life lasted six decades. In the 1890s, he published his
poems, and series of short storeys. But Shant's most prominent pieces
that left an important trace in the Armenian literature and culture
are associated with his dramaturgy that include such works as The I"
Man (1901), For Someone (1903), On the Road (1904), Ancient gods
(1908), The Emperor (1916) etc.
Shant also translated works by the world-renowned writers, Ethel
Lilian Voynich (Gadfly) and Henrik Ibsen (An Enemy of the People).
He died on November 29, 1951 in Beirut.