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Galaktion Tabidze
Galaktion Tabidze, known as Galaktioni, was a Georgian poet whose work is regarded as a defining achievement of twentieth-century Georgian lyric poetry; he died in 1959.
Gjergj Fishta
Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, and politician, author of the national epic Lahuta e Malcís, banned under communism and rehabilitated in the 1990s.
Grigol Orbeliani
Grigol Orbeliani (გრიგოლ ორბელიანი, 1804–1883) was a Georgian Romantic poet and Imperial Russian general who took part in the 1832 independence plot and later served as governor-general of Tiflis.
Nikoloz Baratashvili
Nikoloz Baratashvili (ნიკოლოზ ბარათაშვილი), born in Tbilisi in 1817, was a Georgian Romantic poet considered a founder of modern Georgian literature; he died in Ganja in 1845.
Olzhas Suleimenov
Olzhas Suleimenov (Олжас Сүлейменов), born 1936 in Almaty, is a Kazakh poet and linguist whose 1975 book AZ i IA sparked a major Soviet literary scandal.
Silva Kaputikyan
Silva Kaputikyan (Սիլվա Կապուտիկյան), real name Sirvard, was an Armenian poet and public figure, born and died in Yerevan, best known for the poem "A Word to My Son."
Yeghishe Charents
Yeghishe Charents (Եղիշե Չարենց), born Yeghishe Abgari Soghomonian, was an Armenian poet and major figure of twentieth-century Armenian poetry, known for "I love my sweet Armenia" and Land of Nairi.