Srpouhi Dussap
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Srpouhi Dussap was the first female Armenian novelist and an Armenian feminist writer. She used her works to advocate for women’s education, rights, and independence. Her life's work was influenced by
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Dussap on a 2016 stamp of Armenia
Armenian literature
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Armenian literature, produced in the Armenian language, has existed in written form since the 5th century CE, when the Armenian alphabet was invented by Mesrop Mashtots and the first original works of
Srpouhi Dussap
…and a woman. Srpouhi Dussap's most valuable legacy was the impact she had on young Armenian women who aspired to write. Her immediate legacy to Armenian literature was her introduction of a powerful female voice into the exclusively male Armenian literary and intellectual establishment of Constantinople. Dussap's…
Greek inscription from Garni temple with the Armenian word ter — meaning "head of a clan, ruler of a region", 1st century AD
Artashes and Satenik, artist Josef Rotter
First page of the Gospel of Mark, by Sargis Pitsak, a Medieval Armenian scribe and miniaturist