Nerses Shnorhali (1100-1173) is a major figure in Armenian medieval literature of the 12th century, one of the holy fathers of the Armenian Church, and during his lifetime he had international recognition throughout the Christian world. Shnorhali was fluent in the languages of the civilized countries of his time and he was in business relations with prominent spiritual figures, the nobility and the court of both Greater Armenia and Cilician Armenia. He was a many-sided person, endowed with many abilities, for which he was nicknamed Shnorhali (Beneficial). He was a poet, musician, writer, translator, theologian, cosmologist and teacher.

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From early ages, a famous Armenian poet Avetik Isahakyan (1875–1957) was distinguished by his extraordinary abilities and exceptional desire for knowledge. Being almost a young man, having acquired important knowledge about the centuries-old history of the Armenian people and its literature of the past, he traveled to Europe. With an exactitude characteristic of a genius, he studied world history and literature – East and West.

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