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Karbis Chanchikean (1920, Samatya - 26th February 1946, Yedikule), Turkish-Armenian poet.

He got his primary education at Sahakyan Nunyan which is school in the neighborhood he was born. He had to quit Getronagan Okulu and find a job. In 1937 he continued to his education in Italian School, in 1939 got back to his former school Getronagan School. However he got Tuberculosis and had to quit high school without graduating. On 26th of February he died in Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi. As he bequeathed,he was buried to Balıklı Ermeni Mezarlığı, next to Misak Metsarents. His tomb's expenses were covered by his friends which is covered by publishing his first ever poet compilation Ore Or. He is considered as one of the most important representatives of Armenian poem.

Childhood and Teenager Years
Chancikean showed a huge interest on reading and writing since his early childhood. He started to write poem at his early ages. By the time that he learned literature and ecoles his sense of literature was shaped. Futurism, Expressionism, Dada and Surrealism were the movements that he adopted. By the change in his romantic approach poems which he is interested has changed also. His favorite poems can be summarized as Guillaume Apollinaire, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Tristan Tzara. He was also influenced by Garip Movement. In 1939 he published his first poem Ore Or in magazine called as Badger Magazine .In 1942 his book which is called as Balkıs published.

Balkıs
Karbis Chancikean and his schoolmate poet Haygazun Kalustyan collected their poems in a book called as 'Balkıs' (Twilight) which published in Kader Matbaası (Fate Press) in 1942. Balkıs was published as 250 copies and it was sold for 25 kuruş. Its cover was painted by painter Agop Arad and the title was influenced by sculpter Hüseyin Anka. Years after book was published again by Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları as a part of 'Lost Poets' series in 2014.

His Poesy
Although he showed a romantic sense he is considered as a unique tone in his later years. For example he is more influenced by metaphors of Taniel Varujan, a poet who is deeply influenced by, rather than his tone. As an example giving in his poem called as “Cehennemî” his frequenty repeated phrase “Father, hurry up” is a phrase referring Taniel Varujan's “ Father, bless” within a context of verse. For increasing his chance to publish he sent his poems with woman names.