Levon Larents

Levon Larents ( Kirishchiyan ) (Armenian Լեւոն Լարենց ( Քիրիշճյան ), * 1875 in Samatya, Istanbul, † 1915 in Ankara) was an Armenian writer, translator, journalist, poet and teacher. He was editor and founder of numerous newspapers and translated the Koran in the Armenian language. During the genocide of the Armenians Larents was deported and killed by Ankara.

Life

Levon Larents received his education at the local Robert College, from which he graduated in 1902. During his school years Larents published together with his classmates Yenovk arms and Hrand Esayan the monthly Zepur. Afterwards he was short in the Puzantion busy and then went to Adapazari, where he taught ' The history of civilization ' at the local Getronagan school.

1905 Larents went to the United States and was a member of the Reform movement in the Hunchak party. In Boston, Massachusetts, Larents was two years editor of the local Armenian newspaper Tsayn Hayreneats or " voice of the Fatherland". He later moved to Alexandria, Egypt, and worked at a wholesale company. In Alexandria, he wrote for the newspaper Azad Pern. After the death of Arpiar Arpiarian Larents moved to Athens. After the Young Turk Revolution in 1908 Larents returned to Istanbul, where he was editor in chief of Murj and Tsayn Hayreneats for two years. In Istanbul, he published a book of poems entitled Trahkdi Yerker or "Songs of Heaven." He translated several works from French and English into Armenian, including HFB Lynch's " Armenia", which was published in 1913. In 1911 he translated the Koran into Armenian.

Death

Levon Larents was one of those arrested on April 24, 1915 Armenian intellectuals. He was first deported with other members of the Armenian elite after Ayaş, then to Ankara, where he was killed.