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Misak Metsarents

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Misak Metsarents created a distinctive voice in Western Armenian lyric poetry during a very short life. Light, scent, sound and the natural world become ways of expressing longing and sympathy.

Life and context

Life and context

Born in Binkian near Agn, he later lived in Constantinople. He died of tuberculosis in 1908, aged twenty-two. His brief career nevertheless produced a lasting body of poetry.

Major works

Major works

Rainbow and New Songs, both published in 1907, reveal his musical language and delicate imagery. Gardens, villages, night and sunlight are closely connected with inner life and the desire to share in the happiness of others.

Literary legacy

Literary legacy

Metsarents's poetry reaches beyond private sadness toward compassion. Its sensitivity to ordinary beauty gives his small literary legacy an enduring emotional range.

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