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'''Levon Larents (Kirisciyan)''' (1875 - 1915) was an Armenian writer, translator, journalist, editor, novelist, poet, and teacher. He was an editor of many newspapers around the world and the founder of many others. During the [[Armenian Genocide]], Larents was deported to Ankara and then killed.
'''Levon Larents (Kirisciyan)''' ({{langx|hy|Լեւոն Լարենց (Քիրիշճեան)}}, 1875–1915) was an Armenian writer, translator, journalist, editor, novelist, poet, and teacher. He was an editor of many newspapers around the world and the founder of many others. During the [[Armenian genocide]], Larents was deported to Ankara and then killed.


==Life==
==Life==
[[File:LarentsArmenia.jpg|thumb|140px|Larents' translation of H.F.B. Lynch's ''Armenia'']]
[[File:LarentsArmenia.jpg|thumb|140px|Larents' translation of H.F.B. Lynch's ''Armenia'']]
Levon Larents was born in 1875 in the [[Samatya]] district of [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=teotik>{{cite book|last=Lapçinciyan|first=Teotoros|title=Houshartsun nahadoug medavoraganouti|year=1919|page=19|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rf90HAAACAAJ|language=Armenian}}</ref> He received his education at the local [[Robert College]] where he graduated in 1902.<ref name=gocekfatma>{{cite book|last=Göçek|first=Fatma Müge|title=The Transformation of Turkey Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era.|year=2011|publisher=I.B. Tauris & Co.|location=London|isbn=9780857719683|pages=221–2|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=hPUUbI_uoGsC}}</ref> During his time as a student in Robert College, Larents along with classmates Yenovk Armen and Hrand Esayan published the ''Zepur'' Armenian periodical.<ref name=agos>{{cite news|last=Koptaş|first=Rober|title=1915’in Robert Kolejli kurbanları|url=http://www.agos.com.tr/haber.php?seo=1915in-robert-kolejli-kurbanlari&haberid=5003|newspaper=Agos|date=27 April 2013|language=Turkish}}</ref> For a brief period after his graduation, Larents was a contributor to the ''Puzantion'' newspaper.<ref name=teotik /><ref name=agos /> He then moved to [[Adapazari]] where he taught 'The History of Civilization' at the local Armenian Getronagan School there.<ref name=gocekfatma />
Levon Larents was born in 1875 in the [[Samatya]] district of [[Istanbul]], [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=teotik>{{cite book|last=Lapçinciyan|first=Teotoros|title=Houshartsun nahadoug medavoraganouti|year=1919|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rf90HAAACAAJ|language=Armenian}}</ref> He received his education at the local [[Robert College]] where he graduated in 1902.<ref name=gocekfatma>{{cite book|last=Göçek|first=Fatma Müge|title=The Transformation of Turkey Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era.|year=2011|publisher=I.B. Tauris & Co.|location=London|isbn=9780857719683|pages=221–2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hPUUbI_uoGsC}}</ref> During his time as a student in Robert College, Larents along with classmates Yenovk Armen and Hrand Esayan published the ''Zepur'' Armenian periodical.<ref name=agos>{{cite news|last=Koptaş|first=Rober|title=1915'in Robert Kolejli kurbanları|url=http://www.agos.com.tr/haber.php?seo=1915in-robert-kolejli-kurbanlari&haberid=5003|newspaper=Agos|date=27 April 2013|language=Turkish|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019124918/http://www.agos.com.tr/haber.php?seo=1915in-robert-kolejli-kurbanlari&haberid=5003|archive-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> For a brief period after his graduation, Larents was a contributor to the ''Puzantion'' newspaper.<ref name=teotik /><ref name=agos /> He then moved to [[Adapazarı]] where he taught 'The History of Civilization' at the local Armenian Getronagan School there.<ref name=gocekfatma />


In 1905, Larents went to the United States, escaping from societal pressure in the Ottoman Empire, where he became part of the reform movement of the Armenian [[Hunchak]] political party.<ref name=agos /> While in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], Larents became the editor of a local Armenian newspaper called ''Tsayn Hayreneats'' or "Voice of the Fatherland" for a period of two years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mattiosian|first=Vartan|title=The First Historian of Armenian Printing|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Matiossian_ArmenianWeekly_500thSpecial.pdf|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=1 September 2012}}</ref> He eventually moved to [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] when worked in Orosdi Back, a wholesale company.<ref name=teotik /> While in Alexandria, he also became a contributor to the ''Azad Pern'' local Armenian newspaper.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mekeryan|first=Harutiun |title=Mikayel S. Giurjian: His Life and Work|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dG8bAQAAIAAJ |year=2005|publisher=Mayreni |isbn=978-1-931834-12-4 |location=Monterey, CA|page=126}}</ref> However, after the death of [[Arpiar Arpiarian]], Larents moved to [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. After the Young Turk revolution in 1908, Larents returned to Constantinople where he become the chief-editor of ''Murj'' and ''Tsayn Hayreneats'' for two years.<ref name=teotik /><ref name=gocekfatma /> While in Constantinople, Larents published a book of poems entitled ''Trahkdi Yerker'' or "Songs of Heaven". He also translated numerous works from French and English into Armenian.<ref name=teotik /> One such work was a translation of [[H. F. B. Lynch]]'s "Armenia" which was published in 1913. In 1911, he had also translated the [[Quran]] into Armenian.<ref name=gocekfatma />
In 1905, Larents went to the United States, escaping from societal pressure in the Ottoman Empire, where he became part of the reform movement of the Armenian [[Hunchak]] political party.<ref name=agos /> While in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], Larents became the editor of a local Armenian newspaper called ''Tsayn Hayreneats'' or "Voice of the Fatherland" for a period of two years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mattiosian|first=Vartan|title=The First Historian of Armenian Printing|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Matiossian_ArmenianWeekly_500thSpecial.pdf|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=1 September 2012}}</ref> He eventually moved to [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] when worked in Orosdi Back, a wholesale company.<ref name=teotik /> While in Alexandria, he also became a contributor to the ''Azad Pern'' local Armenian newspaper.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mekeryan|first=Harutiun |title=Mikayel S. Giurjian: His Life and Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dG8bAQAAIAAJ |year=2005|publisher=Mayreni |isbn=978-1-931834-12-4 |location=Monterey, CA|page=126}}</ref> However, after the death of [[Arpiar Arpiarian]], Larents moved to [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. After the Young Turk revolution in 1908, Larents returned to Constantinople where he became the chief-editor of ''Murj'' and ''Tsayn Hayreneats'' for two years.<ref name=teotik /><ref name=gocekfatma /> While in Constantinople, Larents published a book of poems entitled ''Trahkdi Yerker'' or "Songs of Heaven". He also translated numerous works from French and English into Armenian.<ref name=teotik /> One such work was a translation of [[H. F. B. Lynch]]'s "Armenia" which was published in 1913. In 1911, he had also translated the [[Quran]] into Armenian.<ref name=gocekfatma />


==Death==
==Death==
Levon Larents was one of the [[Deportation of Armenian leaders|Armenian leaders deported]] during the [[Armenian Genocide]].<ref name=genocide /> He was first deported to Ayaş along with other Armenian intellectuals. Larents was then transferred to [[Ankara]] where he was killed outside of the city.<ref name=genocide>{{cite journal|last=Kazarian|first=Haigazn K.|title=Opening of the Turkish Genocide of 1915-1918: Arrest and Murder of the Armenian Intellectuals|journal=The Armenian Review|date=Autumn 1971|volume=24|issue=3|page=22|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7s5DAQAAIAAJ|issn=0004-2366|quote="Levon (Larentz): educator and translator of H.F.B. Lynch's "Armenia". Murdered at Ankara."}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sevag|first=Grigoris|title=Armenian Golgotha: a memoir of the Armenian genocide, 1915-1918|year=2010|publisher=Vintage Books|location=New York|isbn=1400096774|edition=1st Vintage Books}}</ref>
Levon Larents was one of the [[Deportation of Armenian leaders|Armenian leaders deported]] during the [[Armenian genocide]].<ref name=genocide /> He was first deported to Ayaş along with other Armenian intellectuals. Larents was then transferred to [[Ankara]] where he was killed outside of the city.<ref name=genocide>{{cite journal|last=Kazarian|first=Haigazn K.|title=Opening of the Turkish Genocide of 1915–1918: Arrest and Murder of the Armenian Intellectuals|journal=The Armenian Review|date=Autumn 1971|volume=24|issue=3|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7s5DAQAAIAAJ|issn=0004-2366|quote="Levon (Larentz): educator and translator of H.F.B. Lynch's "Armenia". Murdered at Ankara."}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sevag|first=Grigoris|title=Armenian Golgotha: a memoir of the Armenian genocide, 1915–1918|year=2010|publisher=Vintage Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1400096770|edition=1st Vintage Books}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 1 November 2024

Levon Larents (Kirisciyan)

Levon Larents (Kirisciyan) (Armenian: Լեւոն Լարենց (Քիրիշճեան), 1875–1915) was an Armenian writer, translator, journalist, editor, novelist, poet, and teacher. He was an editor of many newspapers around the world and the founder of many others. During the Armenian genocide, Larents was deported to Ankara and then killed.

Life

[edit]
Larents' translation of H.F.B. Lynch's Armenia

Levon Larents was born in 1875 in the Samatya district of Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.[1] He received his education at the local Robert College where he graduated in 1902.[2] During his time as a student in Robert College, Larents along with classmates Yenovk Armen and Hrand Esayan published the Zepur Armenian periodical.[3] For a brief period after his graduation, Larents was a contributor to the Puzantion newspaper.[1][3] He then moved to Adapazarı where he taught 'The History of Civilization' at the local Armenian Getronagan School there.[2]

In 1905, Larents went to the United States, escaping from societal pressure in the Ottoman Empire, where he became part of the reform movement of the Armenian Hunchak political party.[3] While in Boston, Massachusetts, Larents became the editor of a local Armenian newspaper called Tsayn Hayreneats or "Voice of the Fatherland" for a period of two years.[4] He eventually moved to Alexandria, Egypt when worked in Orosdi Back, a wholesale company.[1] While in Alexandria, he also became a contributor to the Azad Pern local Armenian newspaper.[5] However, after the death of Arpiar Arpiarian, Larents moved to Athens, Greece. After the Young Turk revolution in 1908, Larents returned to Constantinople where he became the chief-editor of Murj and Tsayn Hayreneats for two years.[1][2] While in Constantinople, Larents published a book of poems entitled Trahkdi Yerker or "Songs of Heaven". He also translated numerous works from French and English into Armenian.[1] One such work was a translation of H. F. B. Lynch's "Armenia" which was published in 1913. In 1911, he had also translated the Quran into Armenian.[2]

Death

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Levon Larents was one of the Armenian leaders deported during the Armenian genocide.[6] He was first deported to Ayaş along with other Armenian intellectuals. Larents was then transferred to Ankara where he was killed outside of the city.[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Lapçinciyan, Teotoros (1919). Houshartsun nahadoug medavoraganouti (in Armenian). p. 19.
  2. ^ a b c d Göçek, Fatma Müge (2011). The Transformation of Turkey Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era. London: I.B. Tauris & Co. pp. 221–2. ISBN 9780857719683.
  3. ^ a b c Koptaş, Rober (27 April 2013). "1915'in Robert Kolejli kurbanları". Agos (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  4. ^ Mattiosian, Vartan (1 September 2012). "The First Historian of Armenian Printing" (PDF). Armenian Weekly.
  5. ^ Mekeryan, Harutiun (2005). Mikayel S. Giurjian: His Life and Work. Monterey, CA: Mayreni. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-931834-12-4.
  6. ^ a b Kazarian, Haigazn K. (Autumn 1971). "Opening of the Turkish Genocide of 1915–1918: Arrest and Murder of the Armenian Intellectuals". The Armenian Review. 24 (3): 22. ISSN 0004-2366. Levon (Larentz): educator and translator of H.F.B. Lynch's "Armenia". Murdered at Ankara.
  7. ^ Sevag, Grigoris (2010). Armenian Golgotha: a memoir of the Armenian genocide, 1915–1918 (1st Vintage Books ed.). New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-1400096770.
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