{"product_id":"hmayeak-shems-a-poet-of-pure-spirit-paperback","title":"Hmayeak Shems: A Poet of Pure Spirit - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVahé Baladouni\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Gery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHmayeak Shems: A Poet of Pure Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e presents the life and writings of Armenian poet Hmayeak Shems (1896-1952). The Armenian Genocide of 1915 devastated Shems, who lost his family and home. For eight years he wandered in exile, his voice extinguished by anguish. Yet from debilitating isolation, Shems found a lyrical mastery of Armenian identity and modern spirit. Incontrovertibly shaped by his people's tragic history, Shems speaks simply yet profoundly. Illuminated by his poetry, this biography chronicles his travels, encounters, and thought to reveal a more compelling and complete portrait of Shems than previously known. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCover portrait of Hmayeak Shems by Ashot Zorian.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVahé Baladouni\u003c\/b\u003e has contributed to a number of Middle Eastern Armenian literary periodicals, and translated the poetry and prose of writers such as Shakespeare, Shelley, and Wilde into Armenian in \u003ci\u003eTranslations\u003c\/i\u003e (1973). He compiled and edited \u003ci\u003eHmayeak Shems: Entir Erker\u003c\/i\u003e [Hmayeak Shems: Select Works] (1994); translated (with John Gery) Shems's prose poems into Engish, \u003ci\u003eFor the House of Torkom\u003c\/i\u003e (1999); and helped publish several of Shems's works in Erevan, Armenia, (2001-2004).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Gery\u003c\/b\u003e has published five volumes of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eA Gallery of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and has written extensively on modern and contemporary poetry, including the books \u003ci\u003eContemporary American Poetry and Nuclear Annihilation: Ways of Nothingness\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and (with others) \u003ci\u003eIn Venice and in the Veneto with Ezra Pound\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). He has co-translated works from Serbian, Chinese, Armenian, and French, is professor of literature and creative writing at the University of New Orleans, and directs the Ezra Pound Center for Literature at Brunnenburg, Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44571871641735,"sku":"9780761850540","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/yFItCJb5Qy9780761850540.webp?v=1778158210","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/hmayeak-shems-a-poet-of-pure-spirit-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}