Komitas AghtsetsiW
Komitas Aghtsetsi

Komitas I Aghtsetsi or Komitas I of Aghdznik was a Catholicos of Armenia and Supreme Patriarch as well as the bishop of Taron from 615 until his death in 628. He is known also as Komitas Shinogh, "The Builder" — an allusion to his significant patronage of building and restoration work He was instrumental in the realization of several architectural projects, among which were the complete renovation of the Cathedral at the Holy See of Etchmiadzin; the construction of the Church of St. Hripsime, which stands to this day on the site of an earlier ediface; and the building of the Church of St. Gregory in Dvin.

Vahram AlazanW
Vahram Alazan

Vahram Alazan, was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist, the First Secretary of the Writers Union of Armenia from 1933 to 1936.

Ghevont AlishanW
Ghevont Alishan

Father Ghevont Alishan was an ordained Armenian Catholic priest, historian and a poet. He was awarded by the Legion of Honour of the French Academy (1866), an honorary member of the Asian Society of Italia, Archeological Society of Moscow, Venice Academy and Archeological Society of Saint-Petersburg.

Kégham AtmadjianW
Kégham Atmadjian

Kegham Mihran Atmadjian was a French-Armenian poet and editor.

Yeghishe CharentsW
Yeghishe Charents

Yeghishe Charents was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents' literary subject matter ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialist revolution, and frequently Armenia and Armenians. He is recognized as "the main poet of the 20th century" in Armenia.

Razmik DavoyanW
Razmik Davoyan

Razmik Davoyan is an Armenian poet.

Vahagn DavtyanW
Vahagn Davtyan

Vahagn Davtyan was an Armenian poet, translator, publicist and public activist.

Armen DorianW
Armen Dorian

Armen Dorian was a renowned Armenian poet, teacher, and editor who lived in the Ottoman Empire. He studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. He wrote poetry in French and Armenian. In 1915, Dorian was arrested and killed during the Armenian Genocide at the age of 23.

Antranig DzarugianW
Antranig Dzarugian

Antranig Dzarugian was an influential diasporan Armenian writer, poet, educator and journalist in the 20th century.

Gevorg EminW
Gevorg Emin

Gevorg Emin was an Armenian poet, essayist, and translator.

FrikW
Frik

Frik was an Armenian poet of the 13th century and 14th century. He lived in the time of Mongolian occupation of Armenian land.

Gregory of NarekW
Gregory of Narek

Grigor Narekatsi was an Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian. He is a saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church and was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Francis in 2015.

Hakob Hakobian (poet)W
Hakob Hakobian (poet)

Hakob Hakobian, was a Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry. Communist party member from 1904. Awarded with the titles People's Poet of Armenia and People's Poet of Georgia. He was considered as the "Armenian Maksim Gorky" by the Bolshevik press.

Andranik Hakobyan (poet)W
Andranik Hakobyan (poet)

Andranik Hakobyan is an Armenian poet, publicist, statesman and public figure.

Ardashes HarutiunianW
Ardashes Harutiunian

Ardashes Harutiunian was an Ottoman Armenian poet, a self-educated translator from French and literary critic, who became one of the most outstanding intellectuals of his period.

Hovhannes HovhannisyanW
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan was an Armenian poet, linguist, translator and educator. He was a key contributor to the Ashkharabar literature movement and a promoter of literacy in Armenia. He has been called the founder of Classic Armenian poetry.

Avetik IsahakyanW
Avetik Isahakyan

Avetik Isahakyan was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer and public activist.

JivaniW
Jivani

Jivani, born Serob Stepani Levonian, was an Armenian ashugh (bard) and poet.

Gagik KarapetyanW
Gagik Karapetyan

Gagik Rafik Karapetyan, is an Armenian physical therapist, poet, academician and a full member of Medico Technical Academy of Science of Russian Federation.

Khosrov of AndzevW
Khosrov of Andzev

Khosrov of Andzev was the father of Gregory of Narek, a tenth century poet. His two sons, Grigor and Hovhannes, studied at Narek monastery under abbot Anania Narekasti. He mainly wrote on topics such as the Armenian Apostolic Church and its ceremonies.

Nahapet KuchakW
Nahapet Kuchak

Nahapet Kuchak (Kouchak) was an Armenian medieval poet, considered one of the first ashughs. He is best known for his hairens (հայրեն), "couplets with a single coherent theme." Kuchak was probably born in the village of Kharakonis, near the city of Van. He later married a woman named Tangiatun. The poet lived his entire life near the Lake Van area until his death in 1592. Kuchak was buried in the cemetery of Kharakonis St. Theodoros Church and his grave became pilgrimage site.

Missak ManouchianW
Missak Manouchian

Missak Manouchian was a French-Armenian poet and communist activist. An Armenian Genocide survivor, he moved to France from an orphanage in Lebanon in 1925. He was active in communist Armenian literary circles. During World War II, he became the military commissioner of FTP-MOI, a group consisting of European immigrants, including many Jews, in the Paris region which carried out assassinations and bombings of Nazi targets. According to one author, the Manouchian group was the most active French Resistance group. Manouchian and many of his comrades were arrested in November 1943 and executed by the Nazis in Fort Mont-Valérien on 21 February 1944. He is considered a hero of the French Resistance.

Misak MetsarentsW
Misak Metsarents

Misak Metsarents was a leading Western Armenian neo-romantic poet.

Avetis NazarbekianW
Avetis Nazarbekian

Avetis Vardan Nazarbekian, also known as Nazarbek or Lerents, was an Armenian poet, journalist, political activist and revolutionary, one of the founders of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party.

Vahé OshaganW
Vahé Oshagan

Vahé Oshagan was an Armenian poet, writer, literary critic.

Raphael PatkanianW
Raphael Patkanian

Raphael Patkanian was one of the most popular Armenian poets.

Perch ProshianW
Perch Proshian

Pertch Proshian was an Armenian writer.

Raffi (novelist)W
Raffi (novelist)

Hakob Melik Hakobian, better known by his pen name Raffi, was an Armenian author and leading figure in 19th-century Armenian literature.

Aramais SahakyanW
Aramais Sahakyan

Aramais Sahakyan was an Armenian poet, humorist, publicist and translator.

Hamo SahyanW
Hamo Sahyan

Hamo Sahyan was an Armenian poet and translator.

SarmenW
Sarmen

Sarmen, pseudonym of Armenak Sarkisyan (Armenian: Արմենակ Սարգսյան; was a Soviet Armenian poet.

Sayat-NovaW
Sayat-Nova

Sayat-Nova was a Georgia-born Armenian poet, musician and ashugh, who had compositions in a number of languages. His songs and poems are in the Armenian, Georgian, Turkish, and Persian languages.

Hovhannes SetianW
Hovhannes Setian

Hovhannes Setian, was an Armenian short story writer, poet, and teacher.

Paruyr SevakW
Paruyr Sevak

Paruyr Sevak was an Armenian poet, translator and literary critic. He is considered one of the greatest Armenian poets of the 20th century.

Ruben SevakW
Ruben Sevak

Rupen Çilingiryan (Sevag) was an Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor.

Levon ShantW
Levon Shant

Levon Shant was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet and founder of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society.

SheramW
Sheram

Sheram was an Armenian composer, poet-musician (gusan), and folk musician (ashug).

Hovhannes ShirazW
Hovhannes Shiraz

Hovhannes Shiraz was an Armenian poet.

Sipan ShirazW
Sipan Shiraz

Sipan Shiraz was an Armenian poet, sculptor and painter.

Vahan TekeyanW
Vahan Tekeyan

Vahan Tekeyan (Armenian: Վահան Թէքէեան was an Armenian poet and public activist. In his lifetime he was the most famous poet of the Armenian diaspora, and he remains a significant symbol of Armenian identity and cultural heritage.

Vahan TerianW
Vahan Terian

Vahan Terian was an Armenian poet, lyrist 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.

Bedros TourianW
Bedros Tourian

Bedros Tourian (1851–1872) was a Western Armenian poet, playwright and actor.

Hovhannes TumanyanW
Hovhannes Tumanyan

Hovhannes Tumanyan was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the national poet of Armenia.

Daniel VaroujanW
Daniel Varoujan

Daniel Varoujan 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.

Yovhannēs TʻlkurancʻiW
Yovhannēs Tʻlkurancʻi

Yovhannēs Tʻlkurancʻi was an Armenian poet who noted for his religious and lyric poetry.

ZahradW
Zahrad

Zareh Yaldizciyan, better known by his pen name Zahrad, was a poet who lived in Turkey and wrote poems in the Western Armenian language.

Nairi ZarianW
Nairi Zarian

Nairi Zarian was an Armenian poet and writer, the chairman of the Armenian SSR Committee for the Defense of Peace.

Rupen ZartarianW
Rupen Zartarian

Rupen Zartarian or Ruben Zardaryan was an Armenian writer, educator, and political activist. He was killed by Ottoman authorities during the Armenian Genocide.