Hranush Arshagian
Armenian poet (1887–1905)
Heranush (Nargiz) Arshagian (Armenian: Հերանուշ (Նարգիզ) Արշակեան; July 28, 1887 in Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey – 1905 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire) was an Ottoman Armenian poet.
Life
Heranush Arshagian was born in the Beşiktaş district of Constantinople in 1887. Her father Hagop, who died when she was 3, was a prominent social activist in the Armenian community. When Arshagian turned 10 years old, she entered the Bakırköy French girls school. After studying there for a year and a half, Arshagian continued her studies at the Makruhian Armenian School in the Beşiktaş district. Arshagian's teachers were highly impressed by her essays and writings, but her days as a student were interrupted when her doctors suggested that she lived outside of the city. Arshagian moved to a farm on the outskirts of Yedikule, where she derived inspiration from the natural setting. It was during those years that Arshagian began to write poetry. She writes in her memoirs, "The fields are green. Afar I can see Constantinople with her ever-flowing suburbs.
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