
Hovhannes Tumanyan
Writing
Biography
Hovhannes Tumanyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, February 19 [O.S. February 7] 1869 – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the national poet of Armenia.
Known For

A dog wants to buy a new hat from his local tailor (who is a cat). A story about why cats and dogs dosen't like each other.
Dog and Cat

This is a story about the origin of hostility between a cat and a dog. Based on the ballad of Hovhannes Tumanyan.
The Dog and the Cat

A fisherman catches a talking fish and spares its life. After that, he meets a grotesque, evil monster in a state of constant change.
Wow! A Talking Fish!

A village boy meets his tragic fate when he is sent to the city to work for a rich trader.
Gikor

The stunning princess desires an inextinguishable fair of love as proof of true feelings. Brave suitors fly to the four corners of the world to look for it.
The Legend of Lake Parvana

Panos is one of the unluckiest men in the world. One day, while he was swimming in the lake, some villagers found his clothes on the shore and announced he had drowned.
Unlucky Panos

A clever boy punishes a greedy landlord. Based on the Armenian folk tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Wow, Butter Week!

Manas is hired to work for master Tatos till the spring, "when the cuckoo will call". There is one condition of the contract: if anyone of them gets annoyed with another, he loses everything. Unable to stand the day-and-night work for stingy master, Manas leaves without a pense of salary for months work. Next servant who knocks at Tatos's door is Manas's small brother, smart Simon.
Master and Servant

"...whoever tells me a story and I say, "It's not true, I don't believe it," will receive half the kingdom as a reward." decided the bored king.
Who Will Tell A Fable?

Village man Hambo, trying to set up his son Gikor, gives him in service of well-to-do merchant Bazaz Artem. Gikor couldn't find neither cordiality, nor kindness in merchant's house and misses his home. Some envy small bailiff but nobody see his sufferings.
Gikor

A cat appeared in the pantry of mice. A group of mice agrees to attach a bell to a cat's neck to warn of its approach in the future. And who will be that brave one?
The Council of Mice

The animated show is crafted based on Hovhannes Tumanyan's fairy tale with the same title.
Kikos

Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color

Based on a fairy-tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan it tells a story of a man and wife who find themselves in comical situations because of their foolishness.
Barekendan

The boy swims on the lake every night to see the girl he loves. Akhtamar refers to the second largest of four islands on Lake Van, the historic birthplace of all Armenians. According to a tale, an Armenian princess named Tamara lived on the island and was in love with a commoner. This boy would swim from the shore to the island each night, guided by a light she lit for him. Her father learned of the boy's visits. One night, as she waited for her lover to arrive, her father smashed her light, leaving the boy in the middle of the lake without a guide to indicate which direction to swim. He drowned and his body washed ashore and, as the legend concludes, it appeared as if the words "Akh, Tamara" (Oh, Tamara) were frozen on his lips.
Akhtamar

Honor of a Poor Man, a story by Hovhannes Tumanyan, written in 1894. A story about a poor man and a woman with whom an incident happens one day.
Honor of the Poor

This adaptation of a classic poem by H. Tumanyan tells the story of the tragic love of Anush and Saro.
Anoush

A dispute over a drop of honey pits two villages against each other, and then causes a war between the countries.
The Drop of Honey

It happens, it doesn't happen. This woman has a daughter named Huri. A lazy, clumsy girl. Sitting idle all day until evening.
Lazy Huri
The documentary represents and describes Hovhannes Tumanyan and Komitas as individuals, citizens, national figures, and those who raised national values to a new level.