Το μυθιστόρημα του Μκρδίτς Άρμεν «Η Βρύση της Εγνάρ» (1935) αντικατοπτρίζει τη ζωή και τον τρόπο ζωής των παραδοσιακών τεχνιτών του Γκιουμπρί, την κατανόησή τους για την ανθρώπινη κλίση, την αρετή, την αγάπη και την οικογένεια.
He was born in Alexandropol (modern-day Gyumri) to a family of artisans, and studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.
He wrote novels and short stories that made him famous in his native Armenia and in the wider Soviet Union. His magnum opus is the 1935 novel Heghnar aghbyur (The Fountain of Heghnar), which was later made into a film.[citation needed] He fell out of favour with the authorities, was deported to Siberia, and later released.[when?] He published an account of camp life in 1964 and died eight years later in Yerevan.