Hovhannes Tumanyan

Hovhannes Tumanyan
Հովհաննես Թումանյան
Born(1869-02-19)February 19, 1869[1]
Dsegh, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
(now Lori Province, Armenia)[1]
DiedMarch 23, 1923(1923-03-23) (aged 54)[1]
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Resting placeArmenian Pantheon of Tbilisi
Occupationpoet, novelist, public activist
NationalityArmenian
Period1881–1923
Literary movementRealism
SpouseOlga Tumanyan (née Matchkalyan)
Children10, including Tamar Tumanyan
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Hovhannes Tumanyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, February 19 [O.S. February 7] 1869 – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the national poet of Armenia.[2]

Tumanyan wrote poems, quatrains, ballads, novels, fables, and critical and journalistic articles.[3] His works were mostly written in the style of realism, frequently revolving around the everyday life of his time.[2] Born in the historical village of Dsegh in the Lori region, at a young age Tumanyan moved to Tiflis, which was the centre of Armenian culture under the Russian Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries.[4] He soon became known to the wide Armenian society for his simple but very poetic works.

Many films and animated films have been adapted from Tumanyan's works. Two operas, Anush (1912) by Armen Tigranian and Almast (1930) by Alexander Spendiaryan, were written based on his works.

  1. ^ a b c d ТУМАНЯ́Н Ова­нес Та­де­во­со­вич Archived February 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Great Russian Encyclopedia
  2. ^ a b Jrbashyan, E. "Hovhannes Tumanyan Biography". armenianhouse.org. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
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  4. ^ Adjarian, Hrachia (1909). Classification des dialectes arméniens [Classification of Armenian dialects] (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie Honore Champion. p. 72. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2012.