Zahrad

Zareh Yaldizciyan (; 10 May 1924 – 20 February 2007), better known by his pen name Zahrad , was a poet who lived in Turkey and wrote poems in the Armenian language.

Biography Of Armenian descent, Zahrad was born in the Nişantaşı district of Istanbul, Turkey. His father, Movses, had been a jurist, adviser, and translator for the Ottoman Foreign Ministry. His mother, Ankine, was from the district of Samatya. Zahrad grew up with his maternal grandfather Levon Vartanyan. He attended the Faculty University of Medicine in Istanbul but left in order to work. Writer and journalist Rober Haddeciyan is quoted as saying, "all the roads taken by our poems don't lead to Rome, but to Zahrad".

President of Armenia Robert Kocharian has awarded Zahrad with the Movses Khorenatsi medal for his contribution to Armenian literature and culture.

Works «Մեծ քաղաքը» (Big City, Istanbul, 1960) «Գունաւոր սահմաններ» (Colored Borders, Istanbul, 1968) «Բարի Երկինք» (Kind Sky, Istanbul, 1971) «Կանանչ հող» (Green Soil, Paris, 1976) «Մէկ քարով երկու գարուն» (Two Springs with One Stone, Istanbul, 1989) «Մաղ մը ջուր» (A Sieve of Water, Istanbul, 1995) «Ծայրը ծայրին» (A Tight Fit, Istanbul, 2001) «Ջուրը պատէն վեր» (Water Up the Wall, Istanbul, 2004) «Մարկոս եւ Մարկոս» (Marc and Marc??)

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