# Sarmen
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{{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](/source/Geva%C5%9F), [Van Province](/source/Van_Province), [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|02|18|1901|03|01}}
| death_place = [Yerevan](/source/Yerevan), [Armenian SSR](/source/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| occupation = Poet, writer
| language = Armenian
| nationality = Armenian
}}
'''Sarmen''' ({{langx|hy|Սարմեն}}), [pseudonym](/source/pseudonym) of '''Armenak Sarkisyan''' ({{langx|hy|Արմենակ Սարգսյան}}; {{OldStyleDate|1 March|1901|16 February}} – 18 February 1984) was a [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) [Armenia](/source/Armenia)n poet.[{{Citation |title=Sarmen |url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Sarmen |work=The Free Dictionary |access-date=2023-03-25}}]
{{wikisourcelang|hy|Սարմեն}}
He wrote the lyrics to the [Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic](/source/Anthem_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic) which remained in use from 1944 to 1991 in the [Armenian SSR](/source/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic).[{{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}}]
== Early life and education ==
Sarmen was born in Pakhvants village, [Western Armenia](/source/Western_Armenia), in 1901. He lost his parents during the [Armenian genocide](/source/Armenian_genocide) and spent some time in orphanage.[{{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}}] He lived in [Gandzak](/source/Gandzak%2C_Armenia), [Tzaghkadzor](/source/Tsaghkadzor), [Leninakan](/source/Gyumri) and [Yerevan](/source/Yerevan).[{{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}}]
In 1924, Sarmen graduated from Leninakan’s children’s technical school and became a teacher. In 1932, Sarmen graduated from [Yerevan State University](/source/Yerevan_State_University).[{{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}}] 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[{{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}}]
His poetry was characterized by romanticism, patriotism, optimism