Hovhannes Setian

Born1853

Constantinople

Died1930 (aged 76–77)

Cairo

OccupationWriter, poet, and teacher.

LanguageArmenian

Hovhannes Setian
Born	1853 Constantinople
Died	1930 (aged 76–77) Cairo
Occupation	Writer, poet, and teacher.
Language	Armenian
Nationality	Ottoman
Literary movement	Romanticism

Hovhannes Setian (Armenian: Յովհաննէս ՍԷթեան, 1853 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire - 1930 Cairo, Egypt), was an Armenian short story writer, poet, and teacher.^[1]

Setian wrote many volumes of poetry, including Գրական զբօսանք (Literary Leisure, 1882), Յուզման ժամեր (Hours of Emotion, 1888), Բլուրն ի վեր (Up the Hill, 1896), and Տարագրին քնարը (The Lyre of an Emigre, 1912). His short stories and prose writing, collected in a volume called Արշալոյսէն վերջալոյսի (From Dawn till Dusk, 1912), were published in Cairo.^[1]