Alexandre Shirvanzade (born Alexander Movsisyan) was an Armenian playwright and novelist. Alexander Movsisyan was born on April 18, 1858, into a tailor's family in the province of Shirvan, in what is …
Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts …
People consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include The Overcoat (1842) and Dead Souls (1842).
Ethel Lilian Voynich, née Boole was a novelist and musician, and a supporter of several revolutionary causes. Her father was the famous mathematician George Boole. Her mother was feminist philosopher …
Many works, including Siddhartha (1922) and Steppenwolf (1927), of German-born Swiss writer Hermann Hesse concern the struggle of the individual to find wholeness and meaning in life; he won t…
Novels of Samuel Barclay Beckett, Irish writer, include Murphy in 1938 and Malone Dies in 1951; a wider audience know his absurdist plays, such as Waiting for Godot in 1952 and Krapp's …
Muratsan (orig. Grigor Ter-Hovanissian, December 1, 1854 , Shushi - September 12, 1908 , Tbilisi) was an Armenian writer, the author of "Gevorg Marzpetuni", an historical novel (1896) set in Armenia i…
Hakob Melik Hakobian (Armenian: Յակոբ Մելիք-Յակոբեան), better known by his pen name Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի), is a renowned Armenian author born in 1835 in Payajouk, an Armenian village situated in the…
Vardges Petrosyan, a prominent novelist, playwright and essayist was born in 1932 in the village of Ashtarak in the Ararat Valley, where he spent his childhood years, finished school and began writing…
Levon Shant (Armenian: Լևոն Շանթ; born Levon Seghoposian on April 6, 1869 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire - died November 29, 1951 in Beirut; Lebanon), was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet, an…
Hagop Baronian was an influential Ottoman Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century. Born in Edirne, Paronian is widely acknowledged as the greatest Armenian satirist …
Գրիգոր Զօհրապ Krikor (Grigor) Zohrab was an influential Armenian writer, politician, and lawyer from Constantinople. At the onset of the Armenian Genocide he was arrested by the Turkish government and…
Մարկ Արեն (իրական անունը Կարեն Մարգարյան) արդի հայ արձակագիր։ Բնակվում է Մոսկվայում և մասնագիտությամբ տնտեսագետ է։ Առաջին վեպը՝ «Ռեքվիեմ Հուդայի», լույս է տեսել ռուսերեն 2006 թ.։ «Այնտեղ, որտեղ ծաղկու…
Դերենիկ Կարապետի Դեմիրճյան (Դեմիրճօղլյան,)ծնվել է Ախալքալաքում 1877 թ. հունվարի 29-ին, հայ գրող, հրապարակախոս, բանաստեղծ, արձակագիր, դրամատուրգ, թարգմանիչ։ ՀԽՍՀ ԳԱ ակադեմիկոս (1953), ՀԽՍՀ արվեստի վաստ…
