Seven Songs About Armenia

by Gevorg Emin Translated by Mkrtich Soghikian Originally published in Armenian, this book was translated into English and published in Moscow in 1981. The book is about the history of Armenia, which originated in pre-Urartian times, about Armenia's stones and about cities built of those stone, about water, so dear in Armenia and about its rocky soil. It is also a book about the Armenian alphabet, dating back to 405 A.D., about Armenia's folklore, poetry, science, education and arts. This book, written by a prominent Armenian poet, State Prize winner Gevorg Emin, contains an enormous historical, ethnographical and cultural material, and it is at the same time a poetic revelation of a nation's soul.