Howhannes Tumanjan

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Hovhannes Tumanjan

Howhannes Tumanjan (classic Armenian Յովհաննէս Թումանեան , reformed Հովհաննես Թումանյան; born February 19, 1869 in Dsegh , Russian Empire , today Armenia ; † March 23, 1923 in Moscow ) was an Armenian poet and translator who wrote poems, ballads, novels, and fables as well wrote critical journalistic articles. His work can be classified into the current of realism . In his verses he focused on the hard life in Lori Province . The urban settlement Tumanjan was named in his honor.

Tumanjan's father Aslan was a priest and came from the Tumanishvili princely family, a branch of the royal Mamikonian who settled in the Caucasus in the 10th century from Taron (now Mus in Turkey) . Hovhannes Tumanyan was educated at a denominational school in Dschalaloghly and Nersisjan School of the city Tbilisi , where he moved at an early age. He wrote his first poem when he was 12 when he went to school in Jalaloghly. There he lived in his teacher's house and fell in love with his daughter Vergine.

In Tbilisi, Tumanjan founded a literary circle that met in the attic of his apartment. Avetik Issahakjan and Levon Shant belonged to this circle . During the riots in 1905 between Armenians and Muslim " Tatars " in 1905, Tumanjan became known as a peacemaker between the two groups. He explained his belief in peacefulness in the following verse:

“There is only one way of salvation; through Jesus Christ, who dwells in each one of us. "

- Howhannes Tumanjan

In October 1914, Tumanjan joined the "Committee to Support War Victims", which helped those persecuted for the Armenian genocide to settle in Echmiadzin . He was married to Olga Matschkaljan and had 10 children.

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SURNAME Tumanjan, Howhannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Թումանեան, Յովհաննէս (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Dzegh , Russian Empire , today Armenia
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1923
Place of death Moscow