Moushegh Ishkhan was born in 1913 in Sivrihisar , a village near Ankara . Orphaned during the Armenian Genocide at the age of two , Ishkhan settled in Damascus . Receiving his elementary education locally , he moved to Cyprus where he attended the Melkonian Educational Institute . After studying for two years at Melkonian , Ishkhan moved to Beirut , Lebanon in 1930 where he attended Nshan Palandjian College . After his graduation in 1935 , he became a teacher for three years . His first book of poems was published in 1936 . He studied at the University of Brussels since 1938 , but World War II interrupted his studies and in 1940 he returned to Beirut . Upon his return , he continued teaching at Nshan Palandjian College
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Moushegh Ishkhan