ANUSHAVAN ZAKARYAN, Osip Mandelstam: poet and Armenia
Yerevan, author’s edition, 2022, 82 p.
In a series of studies dedicated to the talented Soviet poet, translator and art theorist Osip Mandelstam, a man with a bright but tragic fate, a book by Anushavan Zakaryan, Doctor ին Philology, Editor-in-chief of the “Historical-Philological Journal” of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Senior Researcher of the Department of Art of the Armenian Diaspora and International Relations, Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, author of 23 monographs and collections, more than 250 articles and publications, occupies a special place because, for the first time in the Armenian language, the life and fate of the poet connected with Armenia are presented, for which he had the most sincere feelings and which left an indelible mark on the soul and heart of the poet. This is evidenced by every page of A. Zakarian’s book, written on the basis of an in-depth study of Mandelstam’s creative biography (chapter “On the life, activities and creative path of O. Mandelstam”), in which Armenia played an important role as the key to world knowledge through the culture of another people in relation to universal spiritual values. Evidence of this is the thematic chapters of the book “O. Mandelstam in Armenia”, “Poet in Shushi”, “Cycle of poems “Armenia”, essay “Travel to Armenia” and its echoes”, reflecting the palette of feelings and thoughts of the poet caused by his acquaintance with Armenia and its centuries-old culture, which made an invaluable contribution to the collection of creative thought of humanity.
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