Gurgen Mahari
Gurgen Mahari (Armenian: Գուրգեն Մահարի, born Gurgen Grigori Ajemian; August 14 [O.S. August 1], 1903 – June 17, 1969) was an Armenian writer of prose and poetry. His most significant works include the semi-autobiographical novella Barbed Wires in Blossom (1968) and the novel Burning Orchards (1966), which is set in the writer's hometown of Van on the eve of the Armenian genocide.