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| | Houvaness Toumanian |
 | | He became known as a poet in 1890, when his first poetry collection was published, and Toumanian then formed the `Vernatun' (Upper Room), a literary circle that met weekly in his home from 1902 through about 1908 in Tbilisi. |
 | | Tiflis produced outstanding poets in the next generation: Hovaness Toumania (1869-1923) and the lyric poets Avedik Issahakian (1875-1957) and Vahan Derian (1885-1920), and there were important poets in Istambul: Adom Yarjanian (b.1878), Daniel Varoujan (b. |
 | | The language is not particularly easy to learn, but many books, CDs, tapes and language exchanges exist, and these sites will help: haias, armenian lessons online, turtlefastarmenia: online dictionaries are here. |
| www.poetry-portal.com /poets.html (770 words) |
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