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Armenian literature

Index Armenian literature

Armenian literature begins around AD 400 with the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots. [1]

61 relations: Abbas Sahhat, Agop Jack Hacikyan, Andranik, Ara Aloyan, Armen Dorian, Armenian printing, Armenians in Austria, Armenians in Turkey, Arpiar Arpiarian, Arsacid dynasty of Armenia, Arshag Chobanian, Arthur Nersesian, Ashot Beglarian, Bagrat Ulubabyan, Culture of Armenia, Daniel Varoujan, Daredevils of Sassoun, Davtak Kertogh, Edward Haghverdian, Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu, Getronagan Armenian High School, Gregory of Narek, Harry Keyishian, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Hovhannes Shiraz, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Index of Armenia-related articles, Iranian Literature, Isaac of Armenia, Jacques Sayabalian, Jamanak, Jivani, Khachatur Abovian, L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop, Leon Surmelian, Levon Larents, Library of Congress Classification:Class P -- Language and Literature, List of Armenian writers, List of people who disappeared mysteriously, Literature by country, Manuk Abeghian, Mesrop Mashtots, Mikael Nalbandian, Mount Ararat, Mshak, Nerses of Lambron, Norayr Mnatsakanyan, Outline of Armenia, Outline of literature, Parsegh Shahbaz, ..., Perch Proshyan, Raffi (novelist), Rupen Zartarian, Tatev Monastery, Vahé Godel, Varand, Yeghishe, Zabel Yesayan, 1918 in poetry, 1919 in poetry, 2006 in poetry. Expand index (11 more) »

Abbas Sahhat

Abbas Sahhat (Abbas Səhhət), born Abbasgulu Aliabbas oglu Mehdizadeh (1874 in Shamakhi – 11 July 1918 in Ganja), was an Azerbaijani poet and dramatist.

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Agop Jack Hacikyan

Agop Jack Hacikyan (25 November 1931 – 3 July 2015) was a Canadian university Emeritus Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer.

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Andranik

Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as Andranik (Անդրանիկ; 25 February 186531 August 1927) was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the best known fedayi and a key figure of the Armenian national liberation movement.

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Ara Aloyan

Ara Aloyan (Արա Ալոյան),(born August 19, 1981, Vardenis) is an Armenian poet, writer, musician, pedagogue, journalist, member of Armenian writers' union of Gegharkunik region.

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Armen Dorian

Armen Dorian (Արմէն Տօրեան; 28 January 1892 – 1915) was a renowned Armenian poet, teacher, and editor who lived in the Ottoman Empire.

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Armenian printing

After the invention of the mechanical printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany (circa 1439), Armenians from throughout the diaspora began to publish Armenian-language books.

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Armenians in Austria

Armenians in Austria refers to ethnic Armenians living in Austria.

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Armenians in Turkey

Armenians in Turkey (Türkiye Ermenileri; Թուրքահայեր, also Թրքահայեր, "Turkish Armenians"), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 50,000 to 70,000, down from more than 2 million in 1914.

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Arpiar Arpiarian

Arpiar Arpiarian (Արփիար Արփիարեան) (December 21, 1851 – February 12, 1908) was an influential 19th-century Armenian writer, the pioneer of realism in Armenian literature and a political activist.

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Arsacid dynasty of Armenia

The Arsacid dynasty, known natively as the Arshakuni dynasty (Արշակունի Aršakuni), ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 54 to 428.

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Arshag Chobanian

Arshag Chobanian (15 July 1872 – 9 June 1954), was an Armenian short story writer, journalist, editor, poet, translator, literary critic, playwright, philologist, and novelist.

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Arthur Nersesian

Arthur Nersesian is an American novelist, playwright, and poet.

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Ashot Beglarian

Ashot Beglarian (Աշոտ Բեգլարյան, born August 1, 1968, in the town of Stepanakert, the NKR) is an Armenian writer, journalist and translator.

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Bagrat Ulubabyan

Bagrat Arshaki Ulubabyan (Բագրատ Արշակի Ուլուբաբյան; Баграт Аршакович Улубабян; December 9, 1925 – November 19, 2001) was an Armenian writer and historian, known most prominently for his work on the histories of Nagorno-Karabakh and Artsakh.

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Culture of Armenia

The culture of Armenia encompasses many elements that are based on the geography, literature, architecture, dance, and music of the people.

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Daniel Varoujan

Daniel Varoujan (Դանիէլ Վարուժան, 20 April 188426 August 1915) was an Armenian poet of the early 20th century.

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Daredevils of Sassoun

Daredevils of Sassoun (Սասնա ծռեր Sasna tsřer) is an Armenian heroic epic poem in four cycles (parts).

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Davtak Kertogh

Davtak Kertogh (Davtak the Poet) was a 7th-century Armenian poet, the first secular writer in Armenian literature.

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Edward Haghverdian

Edward Haghverdian (ادوارد حق‌وردیان;; Էդուարդ հաղվերդյան) is an Iranian-Armenian poet, translator and journalist who is a member of the Writers Union of Armenia.

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Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu

Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu (born Maria Ștefana Lupașcu, also credited as Ștefania Velisar or Lily Teodoreanu; October 17, 1897 – May 30 or 31, 1995) was a Romanian novelist, poet and translator, wife of the writer Ionel Teodoreanu.

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Getronagan Armenian High School

Getronagan is an Armenian minority high school in the Karaköy district of Istanbul, Turkey.

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Gregory of Narek

Gregory of Narek (Գրիգոր Նարեկացի Grigor Narekatsi, Western Armenian: Krikor Naregatsi; 9511003) was an Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian, and composer who is venerated as a Saint by both the Armenian Apostolic and Roman Catholic Churches.

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Harry Keyishian

Harry Keyishian is an editor and academic.

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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (Հովհաննես Հովհաննիսյան, – 29 September 1929) was an Armenian poet, linguist, translator and educator.

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Hovhannes Shiraz

Hovhannes Shiraz (Հովհաննես Շիրազ) (April 27, 1915 – March 14, 1984) was an Armenian poet.

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Hovhannes Tumanyan

Hovhannes Tumanyan (Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան) (– March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, literary and public activist.

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Index of Armenia-related articles

Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Armenia include.

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Iranian Literature

Iranian literature is a term that has been used mainly in reference to Persian literature, but the term has other meanings as well.

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Isaac of Armenia

Isaac or Sahak of Armenia (354–439) was Catholicos (or Patriarch) of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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Jacques Sayabalian

Jacques or Jack Sayabalian (Paylag) (Ժագ Սայապալեան (Փայլակ); June 1880 – 1915) was an Armenian writer and poet who was also an interpreter for the British Consul in Konya between 1904 and 1909, then vice-consul for a year and a half.

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Jamanak

Jamanak (Armenian: Ժամանակ, meaning "time") is the longest continuously running Armenian language daily newspaper in the world.

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Jivani

Jivani (Ջիվանի, 1846–1909), born Serob Stepani Levonian (Սերոբ Ստեփանի Լևոնյան), was an Armenian gusan (bard) and poet.

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Khachatur Abovian

Khachatur Abovian (or Abovyan; Խաչատուր Աբովյան; (disappeared)) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead.

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L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop

L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop (Saint James's Armenian School) is a college preparatory private secondary school located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Leon Surmelian

Leon Zaven Surmelian (Լեւոն Զաւէն Սիւրմէլեան November 24, 1905 – October 3, 1995) was an Armenian-American author.

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Levon Larents

Levon Larents (Kirisciyan) (Լևոն Լարենց (Քիրիշճյան), 1875 – 1915) was an Armenian writer, translator, journalist, editor, novelist, poet, and teacher.

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Library of Congress Classification:Class P -- Language and Literature

Class P: Language and Literature is a first order classification in the Library of Congress Classification system.

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List of Armenian writers

This is a list of Armenian authors, arranged chronologically.

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List of people who disappeared mysteriously

This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously and of people whose current whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated.

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Literature by country

This is a list of literature pages categorized by country, language, or cultural group.

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Manuk Abeghian

Manuk Abeghian (Մանուկ Աբեղյան,, alternatively Manouk Abeghian, or Manuk Abeghyan, March 15, 1865, Astapat, Nakhichevan – September 26, 1944) was a scholar of Armenian literature and folklore.

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Mesrop Mashtots

Mesrop Mashtots (Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց Mesrop Maštoc'; Mesrobes Mastosius; 362February 17, 440 AD), was an early medieval Armenian linguist, theologian, statesman and hymnologist.

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Mikael Nalbandian

Mikael Nalbandian (Միքայել Նալբանդյան; –) was an Armenian writer and revolutionary who was a major figure in 19th-century Armenian literature.

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Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı; Մասիս, Masis and Արարատ, Ararat) is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey.

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Mshak

Mshak (Մշակ meaning The Toiler) was an Armenian language literary and political daily newspaper (weekly when established) published from 1872-1920 in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia).

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Nerses of Lambron

Saint Nerses of Lambron (Nerses Lambronatsi) (1153–1198) was the Archbishop of Tarsus in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia who is remembered as one of the most significant figures in Armenian literature and ecclesiastical history.

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Norayr Mnatsakanyan

Norayr Mnatsakanyan (Նորայր Մնացականյան, January 7, 1923 – March 25, 1986) was a Meritorious Artist of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1965).

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Outline of Armenia

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Armenia: Armenia – landlocked mountainous country, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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Outline of literature

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to literature: Literature – prose, written or oral, including fiction and non-fiction, drama, and poetry.

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Parsegh Shahbaz

Parsegh Shahbaz (June 1883 – 1915) was an Ottoman Armenian lawyer, political activist, journalist, and columnist.

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Perch Proshyan

Pertch Proshian (Պերճ Պռոշյան, Hovhannes Ter-Arakelian,, Ashtarak – 23 November 1907, Baku) was an Armenian writer.

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Raffi (novelist)

Hakob Melik Hakobian (Յակոբ Մելիք-Յակոբեան (classical); Հակոբ Մելիք-Հակոբյան (reformed); 1835 – 1888), better known by his pen name Raffi (Րաֆֆի; رافی), was an Armenian author and leading figure in 19th-century Armenian literature.

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Rupen Zartarian

Rupen Zartarian or Roupen Zartarian (Ռուբէն Զարդարեան; 1874 – 16 August 1915) was an Armenian writer, educator, and political activist.

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Tatev Monastery

The Tatev Monastery (Տաթևի վանք Tat'evi vank') is a 9th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery located on a large basalt plateau near the Tatev village in Syunik Province in southeastern Armenia.

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Vahé Godel

Vahé Godel (born 16 August 1931 in Geneva) is a French Swiss writer, translator and scholar of Armenian literature.

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Varand

Soukias Hacob Koorkchian (Սուքիաս Հակոբի Գուրջյան; سوکیاس هاکوب کورکجیان, born March 10, 1954 in Tehran),better known by his pen name Varand (Վարանդ) is an Iranian poet, playwright, lyricist, author, translator and painter of Armenian descent.

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Yeghishe

Yeghishe Vardapet (AD 410 – 475; Eliseus, spelled alternatively Yeghisheh, Yeghishé, Eghishe, Egishe, Elishe, or Ełišē) was an Armenian historian from the time of late antiquity.

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Zabel Yesayan

Zabel Yesayan (Զապէլ Եսայեան; 4 February 1878 – 1943) was an Ottoman Armenian novelist, translator, and professor of literature.

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1918 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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1919 in poetry

—From A Prayer for My Daughter by W. B. Yeats, first published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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2006 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_literature

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