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 12.08.2010
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| I didn’t have any idea about Eurovision, when in 2008 a Finnish reporter asked me if I plan to |
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07.08.2010
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| To celebrate the 2150th anniversary of Tigran the Great a pilgrimage to ancient Armenian town of |
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17.05.2010
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| On May 14, Yerevan hosted ceremonial opening of the 2nd International Comics Festival, organized by |
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11.05.2010
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| Students’ art exhibition dedicated to Time Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost their |
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Literature
 Armenian literature dates back over 1500 years. It began early in the fifth century A.D. with religious tracts and histories of the Armenians. The most important of these were written by Agathangelos, Egishe, Movses Khorenatsi, and Pavstos Buzand, articles about all of them are available in our Literature section.
The modern period of Armenian literature can well be dated from the renaissance of letters among the Armenians in the twelfth century. The Catholicos Nerses surnamed the Gracious, is the most brilliant author in the beginning of this period. This age gave us also a commentary on St. Luke and one on the Catholic Epistles. The thirteenth century gave birth to Vartan the Great, whose talents were those of a poet, an exegete, and a theologian, and whose "Universal History" is extensive in the field it covers.
In the nineteenth century, Armenians developed their own journalism and public theater. Khachatur Abovian wrote the first Armenian novel, Verk Haiastani (The Wounds of Armenia), in the early 1840s. Armenian literature and drama often depict struggles against religious and ethnic oppression and the aspirations of Armenians for security and self-expression.
Looking back over the field of Armenian literature, we note a trait the national character displayed in the bent Armenians have had for singing the glories of their land in history and chronicles.
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