Avetik Isahakyan

Avetik Isahakyan was an Armenian poet, prose writer, and public figure born in Gyumri in 1875. He wrote in Armenian and produced works in verse and narrative poetry, with a career beginning in 1890. His notable works include *Les contes de l'oncle Ohan*, *Ěntir Ējer hay grakanutʻyan*, *Aṛajin ashun*, *Du, haverzhogh im Hayastan*, and *Abu Lala Mahari kʻasit*. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and held positions as chairperson and member of parliament.

Isahakyan was educated at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary, Leipzig University, and the University of Zurich. He was a member of the USSR Union of Writers and the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. He received the Order of Lenin, the Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", and the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". He died in Yerevan in 1957 and is buried at the Komitas Pantheon.