Hovhannes Setian ( hy, Յովհաննէս ՍԷթեան, 1853

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short story writer, poet, and teacher.

Biography

Setian was born in

in 1853. He studied at local schools and soon thereafter became a teacher. In 1896, Setian escaped the Armenian massacres and settled in

where he remained the rest of his life.

Poetry

Setian belonged to a particular poetry movement within the

literary scene of the 19th century that conflicted with realist and romantic themes of writing. He was on the borderline of that conflict, however he was more inclined to the romantic style. Setian wrote many volumes of poetry, including ''Գրական զբօսանք'' (Literary Leisure, 1882), ''Յուզման ժամեր'' (Hours of Emotion, 1888), ''Բլուրն ի վեր'' (Up the Hill, 1896), and ''Տարագրին քնարը'' (The Lyre of an Emigre, 1912). His short stories and prose writing, collected in a volume called ''Արշալոյսէն վերջալոյսի'' (From Dawn till Dusk, 1912), were published in

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Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Egypt 20th-century Armenian poets 1853 births 1930 deaths Writers from Istanbul Armenian male poets 20th-century male writers {{Armenia-poet-stub