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1 online resource (123 pages) |
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Contents; Photographs; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reference Key; A Chronology of Hmayeak Shems; A Diasporan Journey: Cities Where Shems Visited and Lived; Part I. Student, Rebel, and Wandering Dervish: From Trabzon to the Caucasus and the Balkans; Part II. Poet, Scholar, Orator, and Teacher: Alexandria; Appendix A: A Portrait of Hmayeak Shems; Appendix B: The Hmayeak Shems I Knew; Appendix C: An Undated Draft Letter to Levon Hovhannesian Written byHmayeak Shems Regarding Three Modes of Rendering Khach'atur Abovian's Verk' Hayastani into Western Armenian; Notes; Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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| Summary |
Hmayeak Shems: A Poet of Pure Spirit presents the life and writings of Armenian poet Hmayeak Shems (1896-1952). The Armenian Genocide of 1915 devastated Shems, who lost his family and home. For eight years he wandered in exile, his voice extinguished by anguish. Yet from debilitating isolation, Shems found a lyrical mastery of Armenian identity and modern spirit. Incontrovertibly shaped by his people's tragic history, Shems speaks simply yet profoundly. Illuminated by his poetry, this biography chronicles his travels, encounters, and thought to reveal a more compelling and complete portrait of |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shēms, H. (Hmayeak)
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| SUBJECT |
Shēms, H. (Hmayeak) fast |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780761850557 |
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0761850554 |
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1282561456 |
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9781282561458 |
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