YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The daughter of Yeghishe Charents, great poet of the 21st century, Arpenik Charents, died on February 12 in Yerevan, at the age of 76, after a long-lasting disease. A. Charents remained parentless when she was five and spent her childhood and youth in Kanaker orphanage. She received her elementary education in the seven-year school of the orphanage, then studied at Yerevan State University's Philological Faculty. A. Charents dedicated whole her life to study of her father's life and creation, as well as was one of the founders of A. Charents House-Museum. She was the Honorable Chairwoman of the Museum's Scientific Council. A. Charents was also a member of the Union of Writers of Armenia. She is the author of a number of books. For her literary merit, as well as her 75th birth anniversary A. Charents was awarded the medal of the Union of Writers of Armenia. Telegrams of condolence have been received from various colonies of the Diaspora, including the Union of Armenian Writers of California, on the occasion of A. Charents' death. The requiem of the poet's daughter took place on February 13 at Charents House-Museum. The art-loving society bade farewell to A. Charents on February 14 at the House-Museum.

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