Vahram Alazan

A survivor of Armenian genocide, in 1915 he moved to Yerevan and since 1925 headed the Proletaric Writer's Association of Armenia.

His poetic collection "Songs of Construction and Victory" became popular among the Armenian readers.

During the stalinist terror of 1937-1954 Alazan was prisoned in Siberia.

In 1957 he published "Horizons" collection of philosophical poems.

He was the founding director of the Perch Proshyan House-Museum in Ashtarak.