{{Short description|Soviet Armenian poet (1901–1984)}} {{Infobox poet | name = Sarmen | native_name = Սարմեն | native_name_lang = am | image = Sarmen's plaque, Yerevan.jpg | caption = Sarmen's plaque in Yerevan, Armenia | birth_name = Armenak Sarkisyan | birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|03|01}} | birth_place = Pakhvants, Gevaş, Van Province, Ottoman Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|02|18|1901|03|01}} | death_place = Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | occupation = Poet, writer | language = Armenian | nationality = Armenian }} '''Sarmen''' ({{langx|hy|Սարմեն}}), pseudonym of '''Armenak Sarkisyan''' ({{langx|hy|Արմենակ Սարգսյան}}; {{OldStyleDate|1 March|1901|16 February}} – 18 February 1984) was a Soviet Armenian poet.<ref>{{Citation |title=Sarmen |url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Sarmen |work=The Free Dictionary |access-date=2023-03-25}}</ref>
{{wikisourcelang|hy|Սարմեն}} He wrote the lyrics to the Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic which remained in use from 1944 to 1991 in the Armenian SSR.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Сармен — Энциклопедия фонда «Хайазг» |url=http://ru.hayazg.info/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=ru.hayazg.info}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Sarmen was born in Pakhvants village, Western Armenia, in 1901. He lost his parents during the Armenian genocide and spent some time in orphanage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Вспоминая поэта Сармена |url=https://ru.armradio.am/2018/03/01/%d0%ba-%d1%8e%d0%b1%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%8e-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%8d%d1%82%d0%b0/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Общественное Радио Армении |language=ru-RU}}</ref> He lived in Gandzak, Tzaghkadzor, Leninakan and Yerevan.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Биография, biography, ԿԵՆՍԱԳՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ Սարմեն (1901 -1984), Sarmen, Сармена |url=https://aybuben.com/sarmen-life |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=aybuben.com}}</ref>
In 1924, Sarmen graduated from Leninakan’s children’s technical school and became a teacher. In 1932, Sarmen graduated from Yerevan State University.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Sarmen started publishing his poems in 1919.
He became a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR in 1934 and a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1941.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Сармен |url=https://www.booksite.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/099/764.htm |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.booksite.ru}}</ref> He wrote several collections of poems, such as “The Fields Smile” (1925), “Flight” (1935), “The Land of Songs” (1940), “Motherland” (1944), “Father’s House” (1955), “Lights of Sorrow” (1957), “Armenian Heart” (1960), and “My Dreams” (1969). He also wrote poems for children and translated works from Russian, Georgian, and other languages into Armenian. From 1924 he taught children to read and write, many of whom were orphans with a fate similar to his own<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title="Тополя вы мои, тополя, почему вы грустите, скажите?": поэзия Сармена |url=https://www.armmuseum.ru/news-blog/2017/12/23/--2 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Армянский музей Москвы и культуры наций |language=en-CA}}</ref>
His poetry was characterized by romanticism, patriotism, optimism<ref name=":3" /> and an appeal to the traditions of Armenian folk epic. He was the author of the text of the state anthem of the Armenian SSR.
== Honors and awards == Sarmen was awarded the title of Honored Cultural Worker of the Armenian SSR in 1967. He also received three orders and several medals for his literary contributions,<ref name=":1" /> some of them are Order of the Red Star and Order of the Badge of Honour.<ref name=":2" />
==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:1901 births Category:1984 deaths Category:20th-century Armenian poets Category:Soviet male writers Category:People from Van Province Category:Yerevan State University alumni Category:Armenian genocide survivors Category:Armenian male poets Category:Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire Category:Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire Category:Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Category:Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Star