Daniel Varoujan

Daniel Varoujan
Born(1884-04-20)20 April 1884
Brgnik village, Vilayet of Sebastia, Ottoman Empire
Died26 August 1915(1915-08-26) (aged 31)
Çankırı, Vilayet of Kastamonu, Ottoman Empire[1]
OccupationPoet
NationalityArmenian
EducationUniversity of Ghent
SpouseAraksi Varoujan

Daniel Varoujan[A] (Armenian: Դանիէլ Վարուժան, 20 April 1884 – 26 August 1915) was an Armenian poet of the early 20th century. At the age of 31, when he was reaching international stature, he was deported and murdered by the Young Turk government, as part of the officially planned and executed Armenian genocide.[5][6]

  1. ^ Raymond Kévorkian: Le Génocide des Arméniens, Odile Jacob, Paris 2006 2-7381-1830-5, p. 663
  2. ^ Historical Dictionary of Armenia, by Rouben Paul Adalian, Scarecrow Press, 2010, p. 582
  3. ^ Armenian poetry and poetics in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, by Nanor Kebranian, Princeton University Press, 2012, pp. 84-85
  4. ^ Agop Jack Hacikyan, The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times Wayne State University Press, 2005, p. 843
  5. ^ Aberbach, David (2012). The European Jews, Patriotism and the Liberal State 1789–1939: A Study of Literature and Social Psychology. Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 9781136158957.
  6. ^ Dadrian, Vahakn N.; Akçam, Taner (2011). Judgment at Istanbul the Armenian genocide trials. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 123. ISBN 9780857452863.


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