Gurgen Boryan
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Born | Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | June 20, 1915
Died | April 15, 1971 Yerevan, Soviet Armenia | (aged 55)
Nationality | Armenian |
Occupation | Poet, writer, playwright |
Gurgen Mikayeli Boryan (Armenian: Գուրգեն Միքայելի Բորյան; 20 June 1915 – 15 April 1971[1]), was an Armenian poet and playwright.
Biography[]
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Plaque for Gurgen Boryan on Teryan street, Yerevan
Boryan was born in Shusha. He started his career of writer in 1930, and published his first collection of poems in 1937. He was the author of several poetry collections - "The way to the sea" (1940), "Selected works" (1953), "Poems" (1954); poetry for children ("Yes and no", 1955), "Under the same roof" (1957), "House on the roads" plays produced by Sundukian Theatre of Yerevan.[2] He died in Yerevan.
"Saroyan brothers" film by Armenfilm is based on Boryan's well-known play.
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Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1971 deaths
- 20th-century Armenian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Armenian poets
- 20th-century Armenian writers
- Writers from Shusha
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Armenian dramatists and playwrights
- Armenian male writers
- Armenian poets
- Armenian writer stubs
- Armenian-language poets
- Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni