Hovhannes Tumanyan
Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869 – 1923) – Toumanian, Tumanian, Toumanyan Hovhannes Tumanyan was born on February 19, 1869 in the village of Dsegh, Lori 1869. Attended
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Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869 – 1923) – Toumanian, Tumanian, Toumanyan Hovhannes Tumanyan was born on February 19, 1869 in the village of Dsegh, Lori 1869. Attended
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William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning Armenian-American writer, playwright, and dramatist whose works captured the struggles, humor, and