Maro Yeghishe Markarian (

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: Մարո Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) (December 22, 1915, Shulaver,

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region,

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– January 28 or 29, 1999,

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(buried in Byurakan) was an

poet, translator, member of the USSR Writers Union since 1937.

Biography

Maro Markarian was born December 22, 1915, in Shulaver (now Shahumyan or Shahumian village, Marneuli region of Georgia) to peasant parents. Markarian received her initial secondary education in her hometown through means of local schooling and was later fortunate to attend the Academy of Painting in 1933 found in Tiflis. Her first poem was published in 1935. Later in 1938 she graduated from the University of Yerevan from the department of literature. She then studied in the postgraduate course of the Armenian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1967 to 1984 she also worked in the Committee for Cultural Relations with the Diaspora. The main themes surrounding Markarian's poetry formulates around topics regarding love, human relations, and her homeland Armenia. Markarian's poems have been translated and published in several books in Russian. She died on January 28 or 29, 1999, in Yerevan, Armenia and is currently buried in Byurakan.

Family

* Brother: Benjamin Margaryan, astronomer * Husband: Sargis Bayandur, art critic, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Armenia * Daughter: Anahit Bayandur, Armenian translator, Member of the Supreme Council of the First convocation of the Republic of Armenia, human rights activist * Son: Ashot Bayandur, painter

Literature

* Felix Bakhchinyan, Kingdom of Nostalgia, Yerevan, 2003. * Naira Hambardzumyan, Maro Markarian's lyric poetry, Yerevan, 2003.

Achievements

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples () was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in s ...

, 1985 * Laureate of the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

(1983, for the collection of poems "Dedications") * Laureate of the Avetik Isahakyan Prize, 1981 (for the collection of poems "Dedications")

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Markarian, Maro Armenian women poets 1915 births 1999 deaths People from Marneuli 20th-century poets from Georgia (country) Georgian people of Armenian descent Soviet poets Women poets from Georgia (country)