Rupen Zartarian

Rupen Zartarian or Roupen Zartarian (Armenian Ռուբէն Զարդարեան, * 1874 in Diyarbakır Diyarbakır vilayet, Ottoman Empire; † August 16, 1915 ) was an Ottoman- Armenian writer, poet, teacher, translator, and political activist. He is considered one of the most prominent victims of the Armenian genocide.

Life

Zartarian was born in 1874 in the Ottoman city of Diyarbakir, pulled but with two years of Harput, where he was trained.

Zartarian was a student of Tlgadintsi ( Hovhannes Harutiunian ), who was also a leading figure in the rural Armenian literature and was also later killed by the Turkish authorities. At the age of 18 he began to teach and worked the next decade in education, first in Tlgandintsis facility. He then spent three years in French religious institutions.

In 1903 he was arrested by the Turkish government and forced because of his political activity to leave the country. He settled in 1906 in Bulgaria and founded a newspaper called Razmig ( Ռազմիկ ). In it, he urged the Armenians who were living outside their home country, to strive after an autonomous Armenia. After the Young Turk Revolution in 1908, he returned with many other Armenian intellectuals back to Konstantin Opel. A year later, he worked for the newspaper Azadamard ( Ազատամարտ ), while he taught at Central College ( Կեդրոնական Վարժարան ).

During the genocide of the Armenians Zartarian was kidnapped and imprisoned by Ayaş on May 5. He was later kidnapped by a military escort to Diyarbakır to appear before a court-martial, and was killed by Tscherkes Ahmet and lieutenants Halil and Nazim at the village Karacaören shortly before his arrival.

Swell

• N. A. Արդի հայական գրականութիւն
• Բ հատոր, [ Modern Armenian literature], 2002, pages 50-53