[4] In 1924, Sarmen graduated from Leninakan’s children’s technical school and became a teacher.

[5] He wrote several collections of poems, such as “The Fields Smile” (1925), “Flight” (1935), “The Land of Songs” (1940), “Motherland” (1944), “Father’s House” (1955), “Lights of Sorrow” (1957), “Armenian Heart” (1960), and “My Dreams” (1969).

He also wrote poems for children and translated works from Russian, Georgian, and other languages into Armenian.

From 1924 he taught children to read and write, many of whom were orphans with a fate similar to his own[6] His poetry was characterized by romanticism, patriotism, optimism[6] and an appeal to the traditions of Armenian folk epic.

Sarmen was awarded the title of Honored Cultural Worker of the Armenian SSR in 1967.