Hovhannes Setian (Armenian: Յովհաննէս ՍԷթեան, 1853 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire - 1930 Cairo, Egypt), was an Armenian short story writer, poet, and teacher.[1]
Hovhannes Setian | |
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| Born | 1853 Constantinople |
| Died | 1930 (aged 76–77) Cairo |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, and teacher. |
| Language | Armenian |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
Setian wrote many volumes of poetry, including Գրական զբօսանք (Literary Leisure, 1882), Յուզման ժամեր (Hours of Emotion, 1888), Բլուրն ի վեր (Up the Hill, 1896), and Տարագրին քնարը (The Lyre of an Emigre, 1912). His short stories and prose writing, collected in a volume called Արշալոյսէն վերջալոյսի (From Dawn till Dusk, 1912), were published in Cairo.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hacikyan, Agop; Gabriel Basmajian; Edward S. Franchuk (2005). Nourhan Ouzounian (ed.). The Heritage of Armenian Literature Volume III: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. p. 467. ISBN 0-8143-2815-6. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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