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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.
In 2005, Russian-Canadian composer Airat Ichmouratov composed the symphonic poem David of Sassoun, inspired by a book by Nairi Zarian, the renowned 20th-century Armenian poet, who in 1966 rendered this Armenian folk epic into simple prose for the enjoyment of children and adults alike. The symphonic poem was performed in Russia, Canada, and ...
Early documented examples of Armenian women in literature include limited writings from the nation's pagan era, as well as poems dated to the eighth century. [27] The first Armenian woman to publish a novel is Srpouhi Dussap of Constantinople who wrote and published Mayda, a feminist social critique, in the 19th century. [ 28 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Armenian books (2 C, 14 P) F. ... Ancient Armenian poetry; Armenian Alexander Romance;
Raphael Patkanian (1830–1892) was a nineteenth-century Russian Armenian writer and educator. He gained popularity for his poetry, much of which is written on patriotic themes. His complete works were published in eight volumes in Yerevan from 1963 to 1974. [1]
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.
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.
Diran Chrakian, also known by the pseudonym Indra (Armenian: Ինտրա, 1875, in Constantinople, [1] [2] Ottoman Empire – 1921), was an Armenian poet, writer, painter and teacher, and a victim of Armenian genocide.