Alexander Shirvanzade

Alexander Shirvanzade

Alexander Shirvanzade (Alexander Movsesyan) was born on April 7, 1858 in Shamakhi and died on August 7, 1935 in Yerevan). Shirvanzade was an Armenian playwright and novelist. His original name was Alexander Movsesyan.

Books

*"Chaos" (1898), a novel describing the life of a large industrial city
*"The Evil Spirit", a novel about an epileptic woman.
*"Namus" (1911), a play about the ill fate of two lovers, who were engaged by their families to each other since childhood, but because of violations of "namus" (a tradition of honor), the girl was married by her father to another person.

Quotes

Source: Ara Baliozian [ [http://www15.dht.dk/~2westh/uk/ab_politics_and_literature-e.html Partisan Politics and Literature ] at www15.dht.dk]
* "The esthetic judgment of our people has been corrupted. What we need is a literary periodical that will explain to us what exactly is this thing called literature. "
* "The narrow partisan propaganda line that is espoused by our press is the enemy of all literature."
* "You cannot be both a writer and a political activist. Those who say you can, have no conception of what literature really is."

Bibliography

From the collection of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC:

*"Artistē" (1924)
*"Char ogi; Namus; Patwi hamar" (1979)
*"Erker: hing hatorov" Collected works, 5 volumes. (1986-1988)
*"Erker" (1983)
*"Erkeri zhoghovatsu: tasě hatorov" (1959)
*"Evil spirit: a play" Translated from the Armenian "Char ogi" by Nishan Parlakian. (1980) ISBN 0934728011
*"For the sake of honor" Translated from "Badvi hamar" and with an introd. by Nishan Parlakian. (1976)
*"Herkeri liakatar zhoghovatsu" (1934)
*"Iz-za chesti" (1941)
*"Izbrannoe" (1947, 1949, 1952)
*"Kʻaos: vēp" (1956)
*"Melania: vēpik: kovkasean irakan keankʻitsʻ)" (1938)
*"Sobranie sochineniĭ" 3 volumes. (1957)
*"TsʻawagarěƼ" (1958)
*"Verjin shatruaně: sēnario" (1937)
*"Yōtʻ patmuatskʻner" (1920)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.armeniandrama.org/people.php?p=aleksandr-shirvanzade&a=1 "Alexander Shirvanzade"]


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