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Hovhannes Tumanyan
Hovhannes Tumanyan was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the national poet of Armenia.
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culture · Armenian author, poet, novelist, and public activist (1869–1923) · poet · prose writer · public figure · writer · also Hovhannes Tumanyan, Hovhannes Tʻumanyan, Tumanyan
Born 19 February 1869 · Died 23 March 1923 · Q380797
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2023· 1 entry
2019· 3 entries
News: Latvian translation of Hovhannes Tumanyan’s fairy tales published
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UNESCO: Hovhannes Tumanyan: uma paixão pela narrativa
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UNESCO: Hovhannes Tumanyan: A passion for storytelling
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2017· 1 entry
Opened it as a museum and cultural center
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2014· 1 entry
PanARMENIAN.Net: 145th birth anniversary of 'All-Armenian poet' Hovhannes Tumanyan
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2010· 1 entry
Armenpress: Hovhannes Tumanyan museum had 9 500 visitors during the seven months of this year
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1938· 1 entry
Before being changed back to Dsegh in 1969
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1923· 1 entry
Died 1923-03-23.
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1921· 1 entry
In Tiflis he founded the House of Armenian Art
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1912· 1 entry
Tumanyan was elected the president of the Company of Caucasus Armenian Writers
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1899· 1 entry
Tumanyan came up with an idea of organizing meetings of Armenian intellectuals of the time at his house on 44 Bebutov Street in Tiflis (present-day Amaghleba 18, in Sololaki)
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1888· 1 entry
At the age of 19, Tumanyan married Olga Matchkalyan, age 17
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1887· 2 entries
Studied at Nersisian School (1883–1887).
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“s house for a while and fell in love with the teacher”
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1883· 1 entry
Where he attended the Nersisyan School from 1883 to 1887
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1869· 2 entries
Born 1869-02-19.
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In the village of Dsegh, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Lori Province, Armenia)
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