Genocide Centennial Medal - Ruben Sevak

Genocide Centennial 2015
Central Bank of Armenia
Silver .925
17.50g 32mm
Reeded edge
Proof
500 pcs.
Mint of Poland
Designer Aram Urutyan

RUBEN SEVAK (Ruben Chilinkiryan, 1885-1915) is a prominent Armenian poet, writer and physician. He graduated from the Berberian College of Constantinople, and the Medical Faculty the University of Lausanne. His poetry raises the subject of tragic fate of the people, describes the social injustice and expresses the idea of protest and rebellion. His prose is diverse in terms of genre one can find here short stories, articles, popular thought. Sevak's outlook, thinking and artistic style holds a special place in the Western Armenian literature in early 20 century. A victim of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. martyred during deportation, on the road to Chankiri, Turkey.