17 Facts About Avetik Isahakyan

Avetik Sahaki Isahakyan was an Armenian lyric poet, writer and public activist.

Avetik Isahakyan was educated at the Gevorgian Seminary in Etchmiadzin, and later at the University of Leipzig, where he studied philosophy and anthropology.

Avetik Isahakyan started his literary as well as political careers in his early youth.

Avetik Isahakyan was arrested in 1896 and spent a year in Yerevan's prison.

Later Avetik Isahakyan went abroad, attending literature and history of philosophy classes at the University of Zurich.

Avetik Isahakyan returned to his homeland in 1902, and then moved to Tiflis.

Avetik Isahakyan did not believe the promises made by the government of the Young Turks regarding self-government and autonomy of Ottoman Armenia.

I've just had a visit from four Armenians, one of whom, Avetik Isahakyan Isaakyan, is a well-known poet.

Avetik Isahakyan spent a fortnight here without anyone's knowing who he was.

Avetik Isahakyan refused to go out on the podium or utter a single word.

Avetik Isahakyan again went abroad in 1930 and lived in Paris, but returned permanently to the Armenian SSR in 1936, where he was elected to the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR in 1943 and president of the Writers Union of the Armenian SSR in 1944.

Avetik Isahakyan was awarded the Stalin State Prize in 1946, served as a member of the Soviet Committee for Protection of Peace, and was a deputy of the II-IV Supreme Soviets of the Armenian SSR.

Avetik Isahakyan was awarded the Order of Lenin twice and decorated with other medals.

Avetik Isahakyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon, which is located in the city center of Yerevan.

Avetik Isahakyan's compositions are penetrated with love to one's motherland and people.

Avetik Isahakyan later had finally moved back to Armenia where he continued his enormous social work.

Avetik Isahakyan's works have been translated in many languages and his poems have been used as lyrics for songs.