1. Hovhannes Hovhannisyan attended parochial school in his hometown, then the progymnasium in Yerevan before studying in Moscow at the Lazaryan Language Institute and the historical-philological faculty of the Imperial Moscow University.
13 Facts About Hovhannes Hovhannisyan
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One of his students was the future author Derenik Demirchian, whose views on literature Hovhannes Hovhannisyan is said to have influenced.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan was a supporter of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the creation of the Soviet Union.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan headed the branch of the People's Commissariat for Education in the district of Vagharshapat.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan was buried at the old Mler cemetery in the city, which was after developed into the Komitas Pantheon, the resting place of many of Armenia's most prominent cultural icons.
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In 1883, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan published his first poem in the literary journal.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan published his first collection of poetry in 1887, which gained him recognition.
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The subjects of Hovhannes Hovhannisyan's poetry include love and nature, as well as tragedy and the hard life of Armenia's peasantry.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan encouraged Armenians not to give in to despair, despite their difficult situation.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan translated works from classic and contemporary writers, such as Homer, Shakespeare, Goethe, Schiller, Victor Hugo, Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Heinrich Heine, Sandor Petofi, Ludwig Uhland and others.
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The mood of Hovhannes Hovhannisyan's poetry has been compared to that of the Russian poet Semyon Nadson.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan's collected works were published in four volumes in Armenia from 1964 to 1968.
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Hovhannes Hovhannisyan's works have been translated into English, French, German, and Russian.