Petros Dourian

(1851-1872) Great Armenian poet, native of Skutari near Constantinople. An extraordinary talent, he translated the Shakespeare and Hugo dramas and wrote his own at an early age. He wrote some 50 poems and historical dramas, such as Fall of Arshakids Dynasty, Artashes, Conqueror of the World, The Persian Invasion in Armenia and others. He died of tuberculosis when he was only 20.

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