Vigen Aghayan: A young poet grows from a border village

Vigen Aghayan: A young poet grows from a border village

“My name is Vigen Aghayan. I am from the village of Chakaten in Kapan, Syunik Province,” begins the young poet. For him, the homeland starts from the village — its soil, trees, even its shortcomings — all of which turn into literary inspiration.  Aghayan grew up surrounded by his grandparents, always close to nature. He says that nature and God became his first muses. “If I hadn’t been born in a village, if I hadn’t been so close to the land and…