The book is the second edition of Albert Sharuryan’s monograph “Petros Duryan: Life and Work”. It was first published in 1972 and, with its abundance of factual material and precision, has occupied an unsurpassed place in the study of the short-lived genius Petros Duryan’s life and creative legacy. This work, which holds the value of a primary source, serves as a unique summary of Duryan studies: it presents the great poet – the “Nightingale of Scyutaris” – not only within the context of his time, but also within the broader framework of Armenian and world lyric poetry and dramatic literature.

The need for republishing this monograph has long been evident, as it can be of great use to nowadays and future students, graduate researchers and educators, as well as to literary scholars and the wider public interested in literature.