Hovhannes Shiraz

Hovhannes Shiraz (Armenian Հովհաննես Շիրազ Hovhannes Siraz; actually: Hovhannes Konig Garabedian; * April 27, 1915 in Alexandrapol, Armenia, † March 14, 1984 in Yerevan ) was an Armenian poet.

Life and work

Hovhannes Shiraz was during the time of the genocide of the Armenians in Alexandrapol, now Gyumri born.

Shiraz ' in 1935 published the first work means the beginning of spring. The novelist Atrpet gave the talented poet later known as the " Shiraz ", citing: " The poems smell of this young man, as if they were the roses of Shiraz, fresh and covered with dew ." The Iranian city of Shiraz is famous for its poets and their roses.

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