ZARYAN (Yeghiazaryan) Kostan was born on Februray 2, 1885 in Shamakhy. He was born in the family of the general of the Russian army. Zaryan was the Father of the A. K. Zaryan. K. Zaryan, A. Shirvanzade and H. Abelyan were cousins. He graduated from the College of Saint Germain and the University of Brussels (departments of literature and philosophy). He improved his skills in Armenian at Mkhitarian Congregation of Venice in 1910-13, in 1916 Zaryan published book of poems “Three songs” (in Italian). In 1931 it was published in Armenian. The Italian composer Ottorino Respighi created symphony on the themes of the poems. In 1913 he moved to Constantinople and in 1914 published journal “Mehyan” (with G. Barseghyan and Hagop Oshagan). In 1919 as a special correspondent of the Italian newspapers he was sent to the Nearest East and Armenia. In 1922 Zaryan published journal “Bardzravank” (with G. Galfayan, V. Tekeyan and Ts. Perperian). In 1922 he moved to Yerevan with his family and taught the History of the European Literature at Yerevan State University. From 1925 he lived in Italy, France, USA and in the countries of the Nearest East. He published journal “The Armenian Quarterly” (1946) in New York. 1944-46 Zaryan taught Armenian Studies at the Columbia University in the City of New York. In 1960 he moved to Yerevan and worked at the Museum of Literature and Arts (1962-69). 

One of the significant poems in the Armenian Literature is Zaryan’s “The Bride of Tetrachoma” (1930) that represents the life of the western Armenian province at the beginning of the 20th century with its tragic contradictions.  Armenia is depicted in period the Soviet Power in the novel “The Ship on The Mountain” (1943). Zaryan also wrote travel notes (“Countries and Gods”, 1935-38, “Hayrenik” magazine).

K. Zaryan died on December 11, 1969, in Yerevan. 

 

Source - "Who is Who. The Armenians" Encyclopedia, Volume I, chief-editor Hovh. Ayvazyan, Yerevan, 2007.

 
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