Daniel Varoujan

Daniel Varoujan was an Armenian poet, enlightener and literary critic. He is one of the most important Armenian poets of the 20th century, a prominent figure of the neo-romantic movement in Western Armenian literature and the leading representative of the Western Armenian “pagan literary movement” of the early 20th century.

The photograph shows a young man with a moustache in a dark suit, waistcoat and white collar. One hand is raised to his face, the other rests on his waist. Beside him is a fluted column.