Literature

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Agathangelos · Person Christianity Literature History Author of the History of the Armenians, the account of how Gregory the Illuminator converted King Tiridates III and brought Christianity to Armenia.
Armenian alphabet · Concept Language Christianity Literature The writing system created around 405 by Mesrop Mashtots for the Armenian language, still used by Armenians today.
Eznik of Koghb · Person Christianity Literature Armenian churchman and pupil of Mesrop Mashtots, translator of the Bible and author of the Refutation of the Sects.
Gosh, Mkhitar · Person Literature History Christianity Armenian scholar and cleric of the twelfth century, the author of the Armenian Law Book and the Fables, who founded the monastery of Nor Getik, later called Goshavank.
Gregory of Narek · Person Literature Christianity Armenian monk, poet and mystic of the tenth century, author of the Book of Lamentations, and a Doctor of the Catholic Church since 2015.
Khorenatsi, Movses · Person Literature History The author of the History of the Armenians, called the Father of Armenian History, who traces the nation from its ancestor Hayk to the death of Mesrop Mashtots.
Koriun · Person Literature Christianity Language Pupil of Mesrop Mashtots and author of his biography, The Life of Mashtots, the oldest account of the creation of the Armenian alphabet.
The Life of Mashtots · Work Literature Christianity Language Koriun’s biography of Mesrop Mashtots, written soon after 440, and the oldest account of the creation of the Armenian alphabet.
Lori · Place History Christianity Literature The province in northern Armenia whose capital is Vanadzor, home of the monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin and the birthplace of Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Mashtots, Mesrop · Person Christianity Language Literature Armenian monk and scholar who created the Armenian alphabet in the early fifth century and founded the schools and translations that made Armenian a written language.
Parpetsi, Ghazar · Person Literature History Armenian historian of the late fifth century, the author of the History of the Armenians, which covers the years 387 to 485 and the war of Vardan Mamikonian.
Sayat-Nova · Person Literature Arts Armenian ashugh, or minstrel, of eighteenth-century Tiflis, a weaver and court singer known for his love songs, who was killed by Persian invaders in 1795.
Shirakatsi, Anania · Person Culture Literature Armenian mathematician and geographer of the seventh century, the author of the Book of Arithmetic and the Ashkharhatsuyts, called the father of science in Armenia.
Tavush · Place History Christianity Literature The forested province in the northeast of Armenia whose capital is Ijevan, with the monasteries of Haghartsin and Goshavank, where Mkhitar Gosh founded his school.
Tumanyan, Hovhannes · Person Literature Culture Diaspora Armenian poet and writer, born in the village of Dsegh in Lori in 1869 and called the Poet of All Armenians, the author of Anush, Maro and the retelling of David of Sassoun.
Yeghishe · Person Literature History Christianity The author of the History of Vardan and the Armenian War, the account of the Armenian revolt against Persia that ended at the Battle of Avarayr in 451.