Mkrtich Koryun

He was born in the city of Kars in Western Armenia. During the years of the Armenian Genocide (1915) he migrated with his family and settled in Alexandrapol (now Gyumri). In 1929 he graduated from the local seven-year school. In 1932 his first collection of poems was published. In the same year he entered the language and literature department of Yerevan State University. In 1937 he graduated from the university and devoted himself to teaching and children's literature. After the end of the Second World War he continued his literary activity with renewed energy. In 1947 he received the academic degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences. He published about five hundred fables. He was a versatile and prolific author. His works have been translated into many languages of the world. He died in Yerevan.