Hamo Sahyan

Armenian Author

Hamo Sahyan

Համո Սահյան

1914–1993

Armenian poet and translator celebrated for intimate, musical verse about nature, homeland, memory, and rural life.
Poetry Nature Armenian landscape Rural life Memory Translation

About Hamo Sahyan

Hamo Sahyan (1914–1993), born Hmayak Grigoryan in the village of Lor in Syunik, was an Armenian poet and translator. He studied in Baku and served in the Soviet navy during the Second World War.

His first major collection, On the Edge of the Vorotan, appeared in 1946. Sahyan’s clear, musical poetry draws its imagery from Armenia’s mountains, rivers, villages, and changing seasons, making landscape a language of memory and belonging.

Books by Hamo Sahyan