Genocide Centennial Medal - Daniel Varuzhan

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

DANIEL VARUZHAN (Daniel Tchiboukkearian, 1884-1915) is a distinguished Armenian poet, literature and public activist pedagogue. Daniel Varuzhan studied at Mourad Raphaelian College (Venice, Italy), then at the University of Ghent (Belgium) The Varuzhan poetry stands out for great public content and perfect artistic patterns. His poems have marked a new era for the development of Western Armenian poetry, making the real life and human destiny a source of inspiration.
A victim of the Armenian Genocide in 1915: martyred during deportation, on the road to Chankiri, Turkey.