Tag Archives: Vahé Oshagan

“Empire, Nation, Diaspora: Recovering the Voices of Vahé and Hagop Oshagan” at the MLA International Symposium, Lisbon, July 23-25.

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Taline Voskeritchian

Lisbon was recently the site of two important events related to the literature of the Armenian diaspora. The first was a panel that convened at the International Symposium of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the major professional association for scholars … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Love (for futbol)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Taline Voskeritchian

My mother’s love for futbol and the World Cup was boundless, timeless, and shameless. It crossed continents and generations; it brought us all together in enthusiasm and sometimes in disappointment; it created a kind of goofy, wild joy that was … Continue reading →

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On Vahé Oshagan: Between Acts…

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Over the past two years, I have been working with the film-maker Hrayr Anmahouni on an innovative film about the poetry and life of Vahé Oshagan.  The film is titled Vahé Oshagan:Between Acts, and it is the most recent version … Continue reading →

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Vahé Oshagan: Tebi Gyank

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

Vahé Oshagan died on June 30, 2000.  On the anniversary of his final departure, here is a re-post of one of his best known poems, in translation. Դէպի Կեանք (Toward life) was completed in 1983 and published in 1991.  To … Continue reading →

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Hagop Oshagan: Speaking the Aghéd

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Taline Voskeritchian

  The week of April 24 has particular relevance to the life and work of Hagop Oshagan. He survived the Aghéd while many of his literary contemporaries fell victim to the Ottoman genocidal machine. In fact, and as Vahé Oshagan … Continue reading →

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Remembering Vahé Oshagan (1922- June 30, 2000)

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Today marks the thirteenth anniversary of the death of the Western Armenian poet and literary critic Vahé Oshagan, perhaps the most radical, innovative poet of his generation. A native of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, an exile who turned the condition into the … Continue reading →

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April 24: Armenian National Day of Mourning

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Taline Voskeritchian

Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան։ Անձկութիւն Կարօտը չէր ետիս ձգած քաղաքիս Ու սէրը չէր ծովին, հովին. վախը չէր Անծանօթին, որ կը ճզմէր իմ հոգիս, Ափի մը դէմ երբ կանգ կ՛առնէր նաւը մեր։ Այլ երթալու մեծ սարսուռին պակասն էր Որ կ՛ընէր զիս յանկարծ թշուառ, … Continue reading →

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From my files: Vahé Oshagan, Toward Life (Tebi Gyank)

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

Vahé Oshagan’s poem Դէպի Կեանք (Toward life) was completed in 1983 and published in 1991.  To my knowledge, the following is its first English language translation from the Armenian to be published separately anywhere. ~~~ TOWARD LIFE by Vahé Oshagan … Continue reading →

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Reading “Father Land”, a book of text by Vahé Oshagan and photographs by Ara Oshagan

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Ara Oshagan is a documentary photographer.  He is also my cousin.  His father, Vahé Oshagan, and my mother, Anahid Oshagan Voskeritchian, are brother and sister.  I must mention our familial tie in the spirit of full disclosure as I am … Continue reading →

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Hagop Oshagan (December 9, 1883-February 17, 1948)

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

  Մեր գրականութիւնը այն միակ գետինն է, աոայժմ, ուր մեզի ըլլայ ներելի գտնել մեր ժողովուրդը։ ~~ Յակոբ Օշական, Յամապատկեր, Թ. հատոր, էջ 324 Our literature is the sole terrain, for the time being, where we are allowed to find our people. … Continue reading →

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