List of Armenian writers

This is a list of Armenian authors, arranged chronologically.

Classical Armenian is the literary language of Armenia written during the 5th to 18th centuries.

Hovhannes Tumanyan is considered to be the national poet of Armenia.
Movses Khorenatsi depicted in a 14th-century Armenian manuscript
Armenian manuscript, 887
Grigor Narekatsi (12th century Armenian manuscript)
Grigor Tatevatsi (15th century Armenian manuscript)
Bedros Tourian was a prominent Western Armenian lyric poet .
Ghevont Alishan was a prominent poet and scholar who wrote in Western and Classical Armenian.
Louise Aslanian was a well-known French-Armenian writer and poet. She was killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
Simon Simonian near his "Sevan" publishing house in Beirut
Khachatur Abovian is considered to be the founder of Modern Armenian literature.
Yeghishe Charents fell victim to the Great Purge in 1937.
Hovhannes Shiraz was one of the most notable Armenian writers of the late Soviet period.