Hovhannes Tumanyan is considered to be the national poet of Armenia.

This is a list of Armenian authors, arranged chronologically.

Classical

Classical Armenian is the literary language of Armenia written during the 5th to 18th centuries.

5th century
Movses Khorenatsi depicted in a 14th-century Armenian manuscript
6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
Armenian manuscript, 887
10th century
11th century
Grigor Narekatsi (12th century Armenian manuscript)
12th century
13th century
14th century
Grigor Tatevatsi (15th century Armenian manuscript)
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century

Modern

Bedros Tourian was one of the earliest Western Armenian writers.
Ghevont Alishan is a prominent Western Armenian poet.
Louise Aslanian was a well-known French-Armenian writer and poet. She was killed in a Nazi concentration camp.

Western Armenian

Simon Simonian near his "Sevan" publishing house in Beirut
Diaspora
Khachatur Abovian is considered to be the founder of Modern Armenian literature.

Eastern Armenian

Tsarist era
Yeghishe Charents fell victim to the Great Purge in 1937.
Hovhannes Shiraz is one of the most notable Armenian writers of the late Soviet period.
Soviet era
Sipan Shiraz
Independence era

See also

References

  1. ^ Arzruni, Şahan (1995). "Sahakduxt (fl. early 8th century). Armenian hymnographer, poet and pedagogue". In Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (eds.). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 400–401. ISBN 978-0-333-51598-3.
  2. ^ Arzruni, Şahan (2001). "Sahakduxt". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2021310. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. ^ Arzruni, Şahan (1995). "Xosroviduxt [Khosrovidukht] (fl. early 8th century). Armenian hymnographer and poet". In Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (eds.). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 506. ISBN 978-0-333-51598-3.
  4. ^ Arzruni, Şahan (2006). "Xosroviduxt". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2022362. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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