Alexander Shirvanzade

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Alexander Shirvanzade (b. April 7, 1858 in Shamakhi - d. August 7, 1935 in Yerevan) was an Armenian playwright and novelist.

[edit] Books

The Evil Spirit is a novel about an epileptic woman.

[edit] Quotes

Source: Ara Baliozian [1]

  • "The esthetic judgment of our people has been corrupted. What we need is a literary periodical that will explain to us what exactly is this thing called literature. "
  • "The narrow partisan propaganda line that is espoused by our press is the enemy of all literature."
  • "You cannot be both a writer and a political activist. Those who say you can, have no conception of what literature really is."
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