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Shushanik Kurghinian

1876 - 1927

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Shushanik Kurghinian (Armenian: Շուշանիկ Կուրղինյան; née Popoljian; 18 August 1876 – 24 November 1927) was an Armenian writer who became a catalyst in the development of socialist and feminist poetry in Armenian literature. She is described as having "given a voice to the voiceless" and herself saw her role as a poet as "profoundly political". Her first poem was published in 1899 in Taraz, and in 1900 her first short story appeared in the journal Aghbyur. After founding the first Hunchakian women's political group in Alexandropol, Kurghinian fled to Rostov on Don in order to escape arrests of the tsarist regime. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shushanik Kurghinian is the 4,069th most popular writer (down from 3,872nd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 51st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Armenian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shushanik Kurghinian ranks 4,069 out of 7,302. Before her are Gene Wolfe, Louis Hémon, Marc Levy, Edith Bruck, Jovan Sterija Popović, and Leigh Brackett. After her are Eric Frank Russell, Hovhannes Shiraz, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Nuruddin Farah, Vira Vovk, and André Schwarz-Bart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Shushanik Kurghinian ranks 140. Before her are Hrachia Acharian, Bart van der Leck, William Donne, Rupert Mayer, Carl Enckell, and Mariam Thresia Chiramel. After her are Leopold von Wiese, Violet Gibson, Flora Sandes, William Wain Prior, John Mulcahy, and Hippolyte Aucouturier. Among people deceased in 1927, Shushanik Kurghinian ranks 95. Before her are Miguel Pro, Matilde Serao, William Burnside, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, George Nichols, and Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer. After her are Maximilian Harden, Hermann Obrist, Harald Hansen, J. B. Bury, Paul César Helleu, and Constance Markievicz.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Shushanik Kurghinian ranks 55 out of 163. Before her are Shavarsh Karapetyan (1953), Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916), Ghazar Parpetsi (442), Sergey Merkurov (1881), Shavo Odadjian (1974), and Nicholas Adontz (1871). After her are Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), Davit Bek (1669), Regina Ghazaryan (1915), Minas Avetisyan (1928), Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932), and Paruyr Sevak (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Armenia

Among writers born in Armenia, Shushanik Kurghinian ranks 5. Before her are Khachatur Abovian (1805), Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Silva Kaputikyan (1919), and Avetik Isahakyan (1875). After her are 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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