Hovhannes Tumanyan was born on February 19, 1869 in Dsegh, one of the villages of Lori. His father was the local parish priest. Later Tumanyan would write: “The most precious and the best thing that I had in life was my father. He was honest and the most noble man.
Tumanyan began his education in Lori, and then attended one of the best Armenian schools of the time, the Nersisyan School. At age 19 Tumanyan married and eventually fathered ten children.
Tumanyan started writing when he was 10-11 years old, but only became known as a poet in 1890, when his first poetry collection was published. Even in this early book one can clearly see all the freshness that Tumanyan brought to Armenian literature with his poetry.
Tumanyan’s inspiration came from everyday ordinary activities of the people. The heroes of his works are simple villagers.
Hovhannes Tumanyan died on the 23rd March 1923 at the age of 54.
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