Valery Bryusov
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (Russian: Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов) (December 13 [O.S. December 1] 1873 – October 9, 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian.
In 1916 an “Anthology of Armenian Poetry”, edited by the Russian poet Valery Bryusov, was published for the first time in Moscow. Bryusov wrote in the introduction: “I have found in my study of Armenia an inexhaustible source of the most uplifting spiritual joys.” The best pieces of Armenian poetry, dating from as far back as the early Middle Ages, were translated for this anthology by Konstantin Balmont, Alexander BIok, Ivan Bunin, Fyodor Sologub, Sergei Gorodetsky and Sergei Shervinsky. Bryusov did many of the translations himself and in 1923 the Armenian government awarded him the title of people’s poet of Armenia, the first poet given that honour, for great services to Armenian literature and on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday.
See also
- Bryusov Linguistics Institute in Yerevan