Vahan Terian

Vahan Teryan
BornVahan Teryan
(1885-02-09)9 February 1885
Gandzani, Akhalkalaki uezd, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died7 January 1920(1920-01-07) (aged 34)
Orenburg, Russian SFSR
OccupationPoet
NationalityArmenian
EducationUniversity of Moscow
Lazarian College
Period1903–1911
GenreLyric poetry
SpouseSusanna Teryan

Vahan Terian (Armenian: Վահան Տերյան; 9 February 1885 – 7 January 1920) was an Armenian poet, lyricist and public activist. He is known for his sorrowful, romantic poems, the most famous of which are still read and sung in their musical versions.