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In the poem, Armenian love poetry is free from religious morality. [155] His rich literary legacy includes both secular and religious works. Soulful laments and hymns dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Gregory the Illuminator, Nerses the Great, and other saints expressed the author's personal drama and his ideas of national revival.
Daredevils of Sassoun [1] (Armenian: Սասնա ծռեր Sasna cṙer, also spelled Daredevils of Sasun) is an Armenian heroic epic poem in four cycles (parts), with its main hero and story better known as David of Sassoun, which is the story of one of the four parts.
This is a list of Armenian authors, arranged chronologically. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Armenian literature (Armenian: Հայ գրականություն), produced in the Armenian language, was mainly dedicated to national themes and has evolved distinct traditions in terms of style, imagery, and form.
Kuchak's poems often explore themes of love and nature. His works are considered classics in Armenian literature. Kuchak lived in a time of political turmoil in the 16th century, and a dark age for the Armenian arts. Kuchak's poetry was often seen as a bright light in this dark time, being simple, direct, witty, and lyrical. [2]
He has been called the "Prince of Armenian Poetry." [1] Tekeyan's themes in poetry revolved mostly around love, such as compassionate love, love for one's homeland, or love for humanity. Vahan Tekeyan, Cyprus 1935. Another Armenian intellectual and poet, Vahe Vahian, was heavily influenced by Vahan Tekeyan's work, from where his pen name came from.
According to Paruyr Sevak, "Modern Armenian poetry has risen on the ridge of Shiraz". [4] "Shiraz is a great talent, we should be proud and consider as a great honor that we personally know him", wrote William Saroyan. Shiraz built his poems with Armenian "tuff of emotions", added Yevgeny Yevtushenko. [14]
A chapter in Marc Nichanian's Writers of Disaster: Armenian Literature in the Twentieth Century focuses on the question of mourning in the poetry of Charents. The edited book Charents: Poet of the Revolution, co-authored by Nichanian and Vartan Matiossian, includes a collection of scholarly articles about different aspects of Charents' poetry.