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Hovhannes Shiraz

1914 - 1984

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Hovhannes Shiraz (Armenian: Հովհաննես Շիրազ; April 27, 1915 – March 14, 1984) was an Armenian poet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hovhannes Shiraz is the 4,071st most popular writer (down from 3,781st in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 50th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Armenian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hovhannes Shiraz ranks 4,071 out of 7,302Before him are Marc Levy, Edith Bruck, Jovan Sterija Popović, Leigh Brackett, Shushanik Kurghinian, and Eric Frank Russell. After him are Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Nuruddin Farah, Vira Vovk, André Schwarz-Bart, Laura Cereta, and Anne Hébert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Hovhannes Shiraz ranks 243Before him are Wilhelm Hahnemann, Jack Cardiff, Jan Kott, Ralph Ellison, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Oscar Casanovas. After him are Ehrenfried Patzel, Ralph Erskine, Akira Ifukube, Giuseppe Baldo, Hendrik Isemborghs, and Renato Olmi. Among people deceased in 1984, Hovhannes Shiraz ranks 147Before him are Campanal I, Toivo Loukola, Grete Hermann, Ansel Adams, Wolfgang Staudte, and Ólafur Jóhannesson. After him are Fulvio Bernardini, Alexander Moyzes, Roberto Porta, Niyazi, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Aldo Donati.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Hovhannes Shiraz ranks 56 out of 163Before him are Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916), Ghazar Parpetsi (442), Sergey Merkurov (1881), Shavo Odadjian (1974), Nicholas Adontz (1871), and Shushanik Kurghinian (1876). After him are Davit Bek (1669), Regina Ghazaryan (1915), Minas Avetisyan (1928), Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932), Paruyr Sevak (1924), and Khoren Oganesian (1955).

Among WRITERS In Armenia

Among writers born in Armenia, Hovhannes Shiraz ranks 6Before him are Khachatur Abovian (1805), Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Silva Kaputikyan (1919), Avetik Isahakyan (1875), and Shushanik Kurghinian (1876). After him are Paruyr Sevak (1924), Axel Bakunts (1899), Hamo Sahyan (1914), Gevorg Emin (1919), Sarmad Kashani (1590), and Narine Abgaryan (1971).