Charents’s ‘Book of Relics’ deposited with poet’s museum

The Book of Relics, the latest published literary collection by Yeghishe Chrents, is kept in the poet’s house museum, his grand-daughter has said, dismissing the reports that the book is under lien.

“The edition is not under lien. It has been deposited with the Charents Museum, because both the preface and the entire book itself contained numerous mistakes when being compiled,” Gohar Charents told Tert.am on Thursday.

The book, which contains intimate poems, was published in Armenia in 2012.

Charents’s grand-daughter said she is against the book not only because of the mistakes but also because its publication violates the poet’s authorship rights.

“The Ministry of Culture banned the book, so it is now in the museum where it will be kept,” she added.