Hakob Hakobian (poet)

Hakob Hakobian (Armenian: Հակոբ Հակոբյան; often transliterated from Russian as Akop Akopian; 29 May 1866, in Elisavetpol – 13 November 1937, in Tbilisi), was a Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry. Communist party member from 1904. Awarded with the titles People's Poet of Armenia and People's Poet of Georgia.[1] He was considered as the "Armenian Maksim Gorky" by the Bolshevik press.[2]

Hakob Hakobian
Hakob Hakobian
Born(1866-05-29)29 May 1866
Elisavetpol,
Died13 November 1937(1937-11-13) (aged 71)
Tbilisi
NationalityArmenian
Occupationpoet
Known forFounder of Armenian proletarian poetry

Hakobian published his first book in 1899. He's the author of revolutionary poems that include One more cut (1905), Revolution (1905), Died but didn't disappear (1906), Red waves (1911), Shir-Kanal (1924) etc. Hakobian was appointed as the Bank's commissar of Soviet Georgia, he was a member of the government of Transcaucasian Federation.

Books
  • Луначарский А. В., А. Акопян, в его кн.: Статьи о советской литературе, М. (in Russian), 1958;
  • Саркисян Г., А. Акопян, Ер., 1956.
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References
  1. Акопян Акоп, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
  2. газета "Путь правды", 13 сентября 1914 (in Russian)
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