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Aksel Bakunts: St. John the Baptist Monastery

The nakharar* walked along the bank of the Kasakh River, and where the river flushes into a deep abyss, crashing its turbid waves against cliffs,...

Aksel Bakunts: "Pheasant"

It was autumn, a bright autumn…

The air was crisp and clear like a teardrop. The bluish mountains were so close and looked so distinct that, from a distance, one could...

Aksel Bakunts: "Apricot Field"

Even though the name is Apricot Field, there is not a single apricot tree there. Thorny shrubs like spiky brooms protrude from the riverbanks and from the cracks of...

Aksel Bakunts: "On Mount Ayu's Slope..."

Peti would wake with the first rooster’s crow, put on his moccasins, cup his hands once or twice in the narrow stream in front of his house, wash his face,...

Aksel Bakunts: "In Akar"

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The village of Akar is picturesque, surrounded by forests. In the forests there are ancient oak trees and age-old ruins of monasteries. A clear stream flows under the...

Aksel Bakunts: "Vandunts Badi"

Everybody in the village knew Vandunts Badi.* They knew that his house was on the road to the pasture, not quite near the water mills yet, but by the Atanants’ great...

Aksel Bakunts: "Dark Valley"

The only path leading to Dark Valley closes off with the first snowfall--until spring, no one sets foot in its forests. However, even now there are dense forests in...

Biography:

Aksel Bakunts (Alexander Stepani Tevosyan) was born in Goris, in Russian Armenia, on June 13, 1899.

After secondary school, Bakunts studied agriculture in the Ukraine and became an...

Dear readers,

I would like to use this thread to share some of my translations of Aksel Bakunts's short stories with you. Bakunts was an Armenian author who wrote at the turn of the Soviet...

I think that like most or every prolific writer, there's going to be some good stuff in the pile, some not so good stuff, and some terrible stuff.

Saroyan, being a prolific short story writer and...

It's an interesting question and one that I can't answer at length having only read The Mayor of Casterbridge. In this book, however, I couldn't find anything strongly opposing women, especially in...

I like arty sports, because they're pretty to watch. Figure skating is my favorite. Combine art and sport and you've got me hooked.

I don't see what's wrong with accepting that you're average. Most of us are.

I didn't realize satire was underrated.. I always thought it was a highly respected literary genre.

Except for visiting an opera house, perhaps, I don't see how less well-off people can't enjoy the arts. Library membership hardly costs a thing. Some of the best films are shown on TV. Museums are...

Me likes.. :)

I bit through the movie for a class and was glad I never had to read the book..

Well, art can be dangerous, especially in a totalitarian state, because it has the power to make people view the world from a different perspective. Hence why very often among the first people to be...

To be fair, the question didn't ask why, but what.

I still think it's a fair question to ask, and I think that those who claim to know the answer shouldn't shy away from giving it to those asking. ;)

Some of the best works of art, in my humble opinion, are those that are based on some philosophical idea and reflect a certain historical period. I don't believe art is an isolated entity. Quite the...

Good question, and one that philosophers have been debating since the dawn of mankind. :)

My simplest answer would be: to make you think differently.

Maybe not born with it, but certainly something like: all the good things the world gives it can also take away. Could be love, a woman, or simply youth (or youthful love).

I thought Emily Dickinson was known for her religious poems. These three sound like religious poems to me too, dedicated to God.

Well, you know what it means if there is nothing out there ;) You're inventing something new, and what could be more beautiful than that?

I had a quick look at JSTOR, and unless I'm searching...