11
Feb
Birth of Madatia Karakashian (February 11, 1818)
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A pioneer of Armenian critical historiography, Madatia Karakashian was a prolific author who left hi...
This Week in Armenian History
04
Feb
Death of Sose Mayrig (February 9, 1953)
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The Armenian fedayee movement at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries ...
28
Jan
Death of Maro Markarian (January 29, 1999)
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Along with Silva Kaputikian, Maro Markarian was perhaps the best known female poet in Soviet Armenia...
21
Jan
BIRTH OF SUREN AGHABABIAN (JANUARY 22, 1922)
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Suren Aghababian was one of the influential names in Soviet Armenian literary scholarship and critic...
14
Jan
BIRTH OF TIGRAN HAKHUMIAN (January 17, 1894)
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Translator and literary critic Tigran Hakhumian has left an important legacy of translated works. He...
07
Jan
Birth of Yervant Shahaziz (January 13, 1856)
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Poet Smbat Shahaziz (1840-1907) is today remembered as the author of a popular poem, “Dream,” that t...
24
Dec
DEATH OF HAKOB GURDJIAN (December 28, 1948)
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Hakob Gurdjian was the first Armenian sculptor of international renown, particularly in France.
H...
17
Dec
Death of Grikor Suni (December 18, 1940)
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Grikor Mirzaian Suni was a composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, and teacher, who had a prolific, ...
10
Dec
BIRTH OF HAKOB KOJOYAN (December 13, 1883)
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Renowned painter and book illustrator Hakob Kojoyan is also famous for being one of the authors of t...
03
Dec
Death of Derenik Demirjian (December 6, 1956)
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A prolific writer who created in all genres, Derenik Demirjian had an almost sixty-year career, but ...