Hakob Hakobian (poet)
| Hakob Hakobian | |
|---|---|
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Hakob Hakobian | |
| Born |
May 29, 1866 Elisavetpol, |
| Died |
November 13, 1937 Tbilisi |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Occupation | poet |
| Known for | Founder of Armenian proletarian poetry |
Hakob Hakobian (Armenian: Հակոբ Հակոբյան; often transliterated from Russian as Akop Akopian, 29 May, 1866 in Elisavetpol - November 13, 1937 in Tbilisi), was a Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry. Communist party member from 1904. Awarded with the titles People's Poet of Armenia and People's Poet of Georgia.[1] He was considered as the "Armenian Maksim Gorky" by the Bolshevik press.[2]
Hakobian published his first book in 1899. He's the author of revolutionary poems that include One more cut (1905), Revolution (1905), Died but didn't disappear (1906), Red waves (1911), Shir-Kanal (1924) etc. Hakobian was appointed as the Bank's commissar of Soviet Georgia, he was a member of the government of Transcaucasian Federation.
Books
- Луначарский А. В., А. Акопян, в его кн.: Статьи о советской литературе, М. (in Russian), 1958;
- Саркисян Г., А. Акопян, Ер., 1956.
References
- ↑ Hakobian in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
- ↑ газета "Путь правды", 13 сентября 1914 (in Russian)