Ruben Sevak

Rupen Chilingiryan (Sevag)
Ռուբէն Սեւակ
Rupen Chilingiryan (Sevag) ; Ռուբէն Սեւակ
Born	February 15, 1885; Silivri, Ottoman Empire
Died	August 26, 1915 (aged 30); Çankırı, Ottoman Empire
Occupation	poet, prose-writer, and doctor.

Rupen Chilingiryan (Sevag) (Ռուբէն Յովհաննէսի Չիլինկիրեան (Սեւակ), February 28, 1886, Silivri, Ottoman Empire – August 26, 1915, Çankırı, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor.^[1]^[2] He was sent to a concentration camp along with Siamanto and Daniel Varoujan during the Armenian Genocide. ^[3]

Biography

Rupen Sevag received his elementary education in his birthplace at the Askanazian school. He then moved to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and studied at the prestigious Berberian School. He graduated in 1905 and went to Lausanne, Switzerland, to pursue studies at the medical school. He met there his future wife, Helene Apell.^[4] After graduating in 1911, he decided to go back to Constantinople in 1914 with his family. This decision would cost him his life. He was arrested on at the onset of the Armenian genocide on April 24, 1915, and killed on August 26, 1915.^[1]^[2]

Ruben Sevak featured on a 2011 Armenian Stamp

Creative poet

Sevag's first poem was printed in 1905. Sevag is mostly known as a lyric poet. He also composed many love songs, highly acclaimed for their feeling and depth. His poetry was characterized by freshness and precision of language, and noted for its varying meter and its musicality. His poetry captures the history and essence of Western Armenian literature while creating a totally new genre.

References

^ ^a ^b Hacikyan, Agop; Gabriel Basmajian; Edward S. Franchuk (2005). Nourhan Ouzounian (ed.). The Heritage of Armenian Literature Volume III: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. p. 1072. ISBN 0-8143-2815-6. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b Gregoire Balakian: Le Golgotha arménien, Le cercle d'écrits caucasiens, La Ferté-Sous-Jouarre 2002 (vol. 1) ISBN 2-913564-08-9 pp. 442
^ Hacikyan, Agop Jack; Basmajian, Gabriel; Franchuk, Edward S.; Ouzounian, Nourhan (2000). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3221-4.
^ Der Dichter und seine Frau. Deutsch-Armenische Gesellschaft. ADK 139, p. 46-48

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[Hacikyan-1] Hacikyan, Agop; Gabriel Basmajian; Edward S. Franchuk (2005). Nourhan Ouzounian (ed.). The Heritage of Armenian Literature Volume III: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. p. 1072. ISBN 0-8143-2815-6. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

[Bal87-2] Gregoire Balakian: Le Golgotha arménien, Le cercle d'écrits caucasiens, La Ferté-Sous-Jouarre 2002 (vol. 1) ISBN 2-913564-08-9 pp. 442

[3] Hacikyan, Agop Jack; Basmajian, Gabriel; Franchuk, Edward S.; Ouzounian, Nourhan (2000). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3221-4.

[4] Der Dichter und seine Frau. Deutsch-Armenische Gesellschaft. ADK 139, p. 46-48

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