Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1983, for the collection of poems "Donations") Maro Yeghishe Markarian (Armenian: Մարո Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) (December 22, 1915, Shulaver, Marneuli region, Georgia – January 28 or 29, 1999, Yerevan, Armenia (buried in Byurakan) was an Armenian poet, translator, member of the USSR Writers Union since 1937.

[1] Maro Markarian was born December 22, 1915, in Shulaver (now Shahumyan or Shahumian village, Marneuli region of Georgia) to peasant parents.

Markarian received her initial secondary education in her hometown through means of local schooling and was later fortunate to attend the Academy of Painting in 1933 found in Tiflis.

[2] She then studied in the postgraduate course of the Armenian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

The main themes surrounding Markarian's poetry formulates around topics regarding love, human relations, and her homeland Armenia.