Tserents

Also known as Hovsep Shishmanyan

Tserents (, born Hovsep Shishmanian, (; September 16 (28), 1822 – February 1 (13), 1888) was a prominent Armenian writer.

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Born: 1822
Died: 1888
Works: 9

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Azgayin lsaran Hōrtʻakʻēōy
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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Constantinople
Place of death: Tbilisi
Occupation: writer
Employer: Nersisian School
Languages spoken: Armenian
Image: Tserents 2022 stamp of Armenia.jpg
Residence: Tbilisi

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date of birth: 1822-09-16
date of death: 1888-02-17
birth name: Յովսէփ Շիշմանեան
place of burial: Armenian cemetery of Khojivanq
writing language: Armenian
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Tserents (, born Hovsep Shishmanian, (; September 16 (28), 1822 – February 1 (13), 1888) was a prominent Armenian writer.

== Biography == Tserents/Dzerents studied at Venice, at the San Lazzaro degli Armeni of the Mekhitarist Order between 1831 and 1837 and continued his education in Paris (1848–1853). He returned to Constantinople in 1853 and lived for several years in Cyprus, working as a teacher and a scientist. Among with his daughter he moved to Tiflis in 1878, and worked as a teacher in the Nersisyan Armenian gymnasium. During that period as a doctor he visited Van, Alashkert, Basean and other towns of Western Armenia. thumb|The tombstone of Dzerents in Khojivank He is buried at the Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi.

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