List of Armenian writers

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

This is a list of Armenian authors, arranged chronologically.

Earliest Writers

A select number of Armenians are known to have written in other languages such as Greek prior to the invention of the Armenian alphabet.

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

  • David Anhaght — philosopher, Neo-Platonist (originally wrote in Greek; works survive in Armenian translation)

7th century

8th century

9th century

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 a prominent Western Armenian lyric poet.
Ghevont Alishan was a prominent poet and scholar who wrote in Western and Classical Armenian.
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.

Soviet era

Sipan Shiraz

Independence era

See also

References

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