WRITER

Koriun

380 - 450

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Koriun (Old Armenian: Կորիւն; also transliterated as Koriwn, Koryun, Coriun) was a fifth-century Armenian author and translator. He was the youngest student of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet. His sole known work is the Life of Mashtots (Vark’ Mashtots’i), a biography of his teacher, which is the earliest known original work written in Armenian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koriun has received more than 20,820 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Koriun is the 3,109th most popular writer (up from 3,472nd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Koriwn Vardapeti, Mambrēi Vertsanoghi, ew Dawtʻi Anhaghtʻi Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ
Commentaries
1833
Patmutʻiwn varutsʻ ew mahuan Srboyn Mesropay Vardapeti meroy tʻargmanchʻi
Armenian language, Christian saints, Biography
1913
Vark' Mastotos'I
1985
The life of Mashtots
1964
The life of Mashtots
Varkʻ Mashtotsʻi
Alphabet, Armenian Church, Armenian language
1854

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Koriun ranks 3,109 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Christophe Grangé, Ken Robinson, Sohrab Sepehri, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Maria Dąbrowska, and Steve Berry. After him are Abraham Goldfaden, Olga Bergholz, Andrei Sinyavsky, Takeo Arishima, Henrietta Szold, and Hella Wuolijoki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 380, Koriun ranks 6. Before him are Socrates of Constantinople, Eutyches, Peter Chrysologus, Flavian of Constantinople, and Eucherius of Lyon. After him is Eznik of Kolb. Among people deceased in 450, Koriun ranks 10. Before him are Julia of Corsica, Peter Chrysologus, Vincent of Lérins, Petronius of Bologna, Sozomen, and Hermias. After him are Eznik of Kolb, Vibius Sequester, and Palladius.

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