Gurgen Mikayeli Boryan ( hy, Գուրգեն Միքայելի Բորյան; 20 June 1915 – 15 April 1971), was an

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n poet and playwright.

Biography

Boryan was born in

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. He started his career of writer in 1930, and published his first collection of poems in 1937. He was the author of several poetry collections - "The way to the sea" (1940), "Selected works" (1953), "Poems" (1954); poetry for children ("Yes and no", 1955), "Under the same roof" (1957), "House on the roads" plays produced by Sundukian Theatre of

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.Борян Гурген Михайлович

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He died in Yerevan. "Saroyan brothers" film by Armenfilm is based on Boryan's well-known play.

References

1915 births 1971 deaths 20th-century Armenian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Armenian poets 20th-century Armenian writers Writers from Shusha Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Armenian dramatists and playwrights Armenian male writers Armenian poets Armenian-language poets Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni {{armenia-writer-stub