"Vernatun" was an Armenian literary

Armenian literature

-Early literature:Armenian literature begins about 406 with the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop.Isaac, the Catholicos of Armenia, formed a school of translators who were sent to Edessa, Athens, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Caesarea in Cappadocia, and elsewhere, to procure...

 study group and a collective of writers based on the fourth floor of 44 Bebutov Street (Hovhannes Tumanyan

Hovhannes Tumanyan

Hovhannes Tumanyan , is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.-Biography:...

's house) in Tiflis. "Vernatun" which was established in 1899. With some pauses it exists until 1908. The leader of "Vernatun" was Hovhannes Tumanyan

Hovhannes Tumanyan

Hovhannes Tumanyan , is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.-Biography:...

.

The main members of Vernatun were:

• Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan , is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.-Biography:...
  
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• Ghazaros Aghayan
  Ghazaros Aghayan
  Ghazaros Aghayan was an Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist and public figure....
  
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• Avetik Isahakyan
  Avetik Isahakyan
  Avetik Isahakyan , Ghazarapat, near Aleksandropol, current Gyumri, Russian Empire – October 17, 1957, Yerevan) was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer, academian and public activist.-Biography:...
  
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• Levon Shant
  Levon Shant
  Levon Shant , was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet, and founder of the Hamazkayin National Cultural Foundation.- Biography :He was a life-long member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and is the namesake of the ARF's Shant Student Association.Attended Armenian school at Scutari until...
  
   and
• Derenik Demirchian
  Derenik Demirchian
  Derenik Karapeti Demirchian or Derenik Demirchyan was a Georgian born Armenian poet, novelist and translator as well as playwright.- Biography :Demirchian was born on February 6, 1877, in Akhalkalaki in what is now southern Georgia...
  
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In "Vernatun" were organized readings, conferences, literary talkings, book debates. In the events of "Vernatun" participate Pertch Proshian

Pertch Proshian

Pertch Proshian was an Armenian writer.-Biography:Proshian was born in a tailor's family in Ashtarak. The preliminary education has got parishioner of the place in the college , then for short time in the palatial school of Yerevan. In 1856 had finished the Nersisyan School of Tbilisi, where and...

, Nikol Aghbalian

Nikol Aghbalian

Nikol Poghosi Aghbalian was an Armenian public figure and historian of literature, the editor of "Horizon" paper....

, Alexander Shirvanzade

Alexander Shirvanzade

Alexander Shirvanzade was an Armenian playwright and novelist...

, Nar-Dos

Nar-Dos

Michael Hovhannisyan , known by the pen name Nar-Dos, was an Armenian writer.Nar-Dos was born in a wool seller's family in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1867...

, Vrtanes Papazyan, Vahan Terian

Vahan Terian

Vahan Terian was an eminent Georgian born Armenian poet, lyrist and public activist. He is a famous poet known for his sorrowful, romantic poems, the most famous of which are still read and sung in their musical versions by people of all ages.- Biography :...

, Leo

Arakel Babakhanian

Arakel Grigori Babakhanian was an Armenian historian, publicist, writer, critic and professor of Yerevan State University . He is recognized as an authoritative historian on Armenia and is best known as the author of the multivolume History of Armenia...

, Stepan Lisitsyan, Mariam Tumanyan, Gevorg Bashinjagyan, etc. People's Artist of the USSR Dmitriy Nalbandyan

Dmitriy Nalbandyan

Dmitriy Nalbandyan was a Soviet Armenian painter, People's Artist of the USSR , member of the USSR Academy of Arts , Hero of Socialist Labor , twice winner of the Stalin Prize .- References :*...

 have a painting "Vernatun" (1976) in honor of the literary group.

See also

• Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan
  Hovhannes Tumanyan , is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.-Biography:...
  
  
• Armenian literature
  Armenian literature
  -Early literature:Armenian literature begins about 406 with the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop.Isaac, the Catholicos of Armenia, formed a school of translators who were sent to Edessa, Athens, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Caesarea in Cappadocia, and elsewhere, to procure...
  
  
• Armenians in Georgia
  Armenians in Georgia
  Armenians in Georgia are ethnic Armenians living within the country of Georgia. Armenians are the second largest ethnic minority in Georgia at about 5.7% of the population. The Armenian community is mostly concentrated in the capital Tbilisi and the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, which borders Armenia...
  
  
  • Armenians in Tbilisi
    Armenians in Tbilisi
    Armenians in Tbilisi are ethnic Armenians living within the city of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Armenians are the second largest ethnic minority in Tbilisi at 7.6% of the population. Armenians formed the majority in the city until the early 20th century...