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Hovhannes Tumanyan

1869 - 1923

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Hovhannes Tumanyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, February 19 [O.S. February 7] 1869 – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the national poet of Armenia. Tumanyan wrote poems, quatrains, ballads, novels, fables, and critical and journalistic articles. His works were mostly written in the style of realism, frequently revolving around the everyday life of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hovhannes Tumanyan is the 1,555th most popular writer (down from 1,453rd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Armenia (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Armenian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hovhannes Tumanyan ranks 1,555 out of 7,302. Before him are Samuel Pepys, Auguste Maquet, Richard Lovelace, Augusto Roa Bastos, Chernorizets Hrabar, and Heiner Müller. After him are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Banine, John Brunner, Shammai, Felice Romani, and Joseph Karo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Hovhannes Tumanyan ranks 49. Before him are Gaetano Bresci, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Else Lasker-Schüler, Vasily Bartold, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, and Hans Pfitzner. After him are Alfred Flatow, Louise d'Orléans, Giulio Douhet, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Liane de Pougy, and Caterina Albert. Among people deceased in 1923, Hovhannes Tumanyan ranks 37. Before him are George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Max Nordau, Ernst Troeltsch, Maurice Barrès, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, and Théophile Steinlen. After him are Charles Dupuy, Albert Leo Schlageter, Théophile Delcassé, Charles de Freycinet, Georg Luger, and Bonar Law.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Hovhannes Tumanyan ranks 21 out of 163. Before him are Ashot I of Armenia (820), Armen Sarkissian (1953), Sebeos (700), Anania Shirakatsi (610), Karekin II (1951), and Alexander Arutiunian (1920). After him are Djivan Gasparyan (1928), Tigranes III (-100), Olga Chekhova (1897), Arno Babajanian (1921), Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935), and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989).

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Among WRITERS In Armenia

Among writers born in Armenia, Hovhannes Tumanyan ranks 2. Before him are Khachatur Abovian (1805). After him are Silva Kaputikyan (1919), Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Shushanik Kurghinian (1876), Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), Paruyr Sevak (1924), Axel Bakunts (1899), Hamo Sahyan (1914), Gevorg Emin (1919), Sarmad Kashani (1590), and Narine Abgaryan (1971).

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