Moushegh Ishkhan Biography
Moushegh Ishkhan (Armenian: Մուշեղ Իշխան) (born as Jenterejian, 1914 Sivrihisar - 1990 Beirut) was an Armenian Diasporan poet, writer and educator.
Orphaned during the Armenian Genocide at the age of two, Ishkhan was raised in Beirut, Lebanon.
He graduated from the local Armenian seminary. He studied at the University of Brussels since 1938, but World War II interrupted his studies and in 1940 he returned to Beirut. His first book of poems was published in 1936.
He also published plays, novels, and a series of textbooks on Armenian literature in addition to his well-known poetry.
An Ishkhan Museum is opened at Yerevan school No. 5 named after Moushegh Ishkhan.
According to Ishkhan, in the absence of territory for Armenian diaspora it is language that functions as the 'space' for imagining the nation:
"The Armenian language is the home
and haven where the wanderer can own
roof and wall and nourishment...".
With a troubled heart, poor and very miserable,
And with my walking stick in hand and very confused,
I returned to my homeland once again
After being alienated for many years.
...
The Armenian language is the home
and haven where the wanderer can own
roof and wall and nourishment.
...
O my mother, sun and remote moon,
Transformed into communion bread, you joined with our land
And the age-old earth of our homeland, always sweet,
...
It is enough, O Lord, take us back to our lands and homes,
And even don't let the enemy wander around like us.
To the animal you give prey and to the birds a warm nest,
...
Without a fatherland and without a home,
Without love and without faith,
Having lost all treasures,
...
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