MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO BE UNVEILED ON THE HOUSE, WHERE TUMANIAN REMAINED UNDER HOUSE ARREST

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.10.2009 19:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the initiative of the Yerevan Museum of Armenian
poet and writer Hovhannes Tumanian on October 8 a memorial plaque will
be unveiled on the wall of the building, Abovyan street 1/1. Hovhannes
Tumanian lived a month in the spring of 1921 in this house.

"The greatest poet Hovhannes Tumanian lived in this house in spring
of 1921" will be written on the marble slab, authored by Samvel
Ghazaryan. Hovhannes Tumanian arrived in Yerevan only 5 times and
for a very short time. Between March 20 to April 19, 1921 Hovhannes
Tumanian stayed in Yerevan, and particularly he was placed under
house arrest. During this month Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Hamo Ohanjanian,
Vahan Minahorian and other Armenian social and political figures
visited Hovhannes Tumanian.