Gurgen Mahari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gurgen Mahari

Armenian writer and poet

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1903

Place of Birth: Van, Turkey

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1969

Profession: writer, poet, prosaist, literary scholar

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gurgen Mahari (Gurgen Grigori Ajemian; August 1, 1903 in Van – June 17, 1969 in Yerevan) was an Armenian writer and poet.
His most significant works include the semi-autobiographical novella Barbed Wires in Blossom (1968) and the novel Burning Orchards (1966), which is set in the writer's hometown of Van on the eve of the Armenian Genocide.