Smbat Simonovich Shakh-Aziz (Shahazizyan) ( Armenian Սմբատ Շահազիզ ; 1841-1908 ) - Armenian poet, publicist and teacher. [one]
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Biography
Born on September 17, 1840 in the city of Ashtarak, Echmiadzin district, Erivan province, in a family of a priest; was the youngest of six brothers.
Up to 10 years he studied at home, then at the county school, after which he was sent to Moscow to the Lazarev Institute . After graduation, he was left in it to teach the modern and classical Armenian language, at the same time preparing for the continuation of his education. In 1867, he received a degree in Eastern Studies (in Oriental languages) from St. Petersburg University . After that, he continued to work as a teacher at the Lazarev Institute for thirty-five years, until his retirement in 1897.
In 1893, he founded the Abovsko-Nazarsky Foundation for Needy Writers. After retirement in 1898, he set up a committee in Moscow to organize the care and upbringing of children orphaned by the massacres of Armenians in 1894-1896 ( Hamidia Massacre ). He exposed the anti-Armenian position of the regime of Tsarist Russia and the duplicity of Turkish diplomacy.
He died on January 5, 1908 in Moscow. He was buried at the Armenian cemetery in Moscow.
Creativity
Smbat began writing in his student years and was under the influence of Armenian poets Raphael Patkanyan and Khachatur Abovyan . From 1861, he collaborated with the magazine “Yusis Apail” (“Northern Lights”, founder Stepan Nazaryan ) until it was discontinued in 1864. In 1860, Shah-Aziz published his first collection of poems “Azatutyan Zamer” (“Freedom Clock”), which consisted of thirty-three poems written in modern and classical Armenian language.
Among his poetic works: "Leisure Time" (1858, collection of poems), "The Sorrow of Leon" (1865, poem); among the prose are: “Voice of a Publicist” (1881), “Memoirs on the Feast of Vardan” (1901), “A Few Words to My Readers” (1903).
Memory
- in Ashtarak (opened in 2014) was named after Smbat Shakh-Aziz.
- On the occasion of the 150th anniversary in his honor, a postal envelope was issued in the USSR. [2]
- The first Russian monograph on the Armenian poet Smbat Shah-Aziz was written by Yuri Veselovsky .
- His works were translated into Russian by Olga Chyumina , Isabella Grinevskaya , Lev Umantz , Sergey Golovachevsky and others.
Literature
- Yu. A. Veselovsky. Armenian poet Smbat Shahaziz. M., 1905.
- Poetry of Armenia from ancient times to the present day, ed. V. Ya. Bryusov. M., 1916.
- Yerkanyan V.S. Armenian culture in 1800-1917 / Per. with arm. K.S. Khudaverdyan. Yer., 1985.