CAUCASUS LITERATURE (Georgia - Armenia - Azerbaican - North Caucasus)
GEORGIA (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography -Essay ) (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th Century-20th Century)
Ancient Period
Iakob Tsurtaveli (5th century) THE PASSION OF SAINT QUEEN SHUSHANIK (c. 470)
Juansher Juansheriani (fl. c. 790-800) LIFE OF KING VAKHTANG GORGASALI
Postclassical
Shota Rustaveli (1160—c. 1220) KNIGHT IN THE PANTHER’S SKIN
Moses Khoneli (12th century CE) STORY OF AMIRAN-DAREJAN/ AMIRAN-DAREJANIANI
Sergis Tmogveli VISRAMIANI (13th century CE)
Early Modern
Teimuraz I (1589-1661) THE BOOK OF THE MARTYRDOM OF QUEEN KETEVAN (1625)-LAYLA AND MAJNUN/ LEILMAJNUNIANI (1629-1634)-YUSUF AND ZULAIKHA/ IOSEBZILIKHANIANI (1629-1634)-THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE/ VARDBULBULIANI (1629-1634)-THE CANDLE AND THE MOTH/SHAMIPARVANIANI (1629-1634) -
Archil of Imereti (1647-1713) BAHRAMGURIANI/ SEVEN PLANETS Mamuka Avtandili Baratashvili (c. 1700-1750) BOOK OF THE STUDY OF POETRY (1731)-STORY OF QUEEN RUSUDAN/ RUSUDANIANI (1732)-ARSENA’S SONG (19th century, anonymous)
19th Century
Poetry'
Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817-1845) GEORGIA’S FATE (1839) Grigol Orbeliani (1804-1884) A TOAST, OR A NIGHT FEAST AFTER WAR NEAR YEREVAN
Fiction
Alexandre Qazbegi/Aleksandr Mochubaridze (1848-1890) GEORGIA’S BEAU MONDE (1869-1870)-ELGUJA (1881)-THE PARRICIDE (1882)-THE SHEPHERD (1885)
Drama
Giorgi Eristavi DIVORCE/GAKRA (1850)
20th Century
Poetry
Galaktion Tabidze (1892 – 1959) CRÂNE AUX FLEURS ARTISTIQUES (1919)
Fiction
Grigol Robakidze (1880-1962) THE SNAKE SKIN (1926)
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975) THE SMILE OF DIONYSUS (1925) -NOVEL OF THE LIFE OF GOETHE (1930) - KIDNAPPING THE MOON (1935—1936)-THE RIGHT HAND OF THE GRAND MASTER (1939) -DAVID THE BUILDER (1946—1958)-FLOWERING OF VINE (1956)
Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880-1937) JAQO’S DISSPOSSESSED (1924) - KVACHI KVACHANTIRADZE (1924) - ARSENA OF MARABDA (1933)Ancient Period
ARMENIA (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography -Essay ) (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th Century-20th Century) Ancient Period Movses Khorenatsi (ca. 410–490s CE) HISTORY OF THE ARMENIANS
Łazar Parpetsi (b. 442) HISTORY OF ARMENIA (c. 495 - 500)
Faustus of Byzantium (5th century CE) HISTORY
Postclassical
Grigor Magistros Pahlavuni (c. 990–1058) THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD/ MAGNALIA DEI -
Grigor Narekatsi (c. 947-c. 1003) THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS (977) -
Hovanness Tlgouratzi (1360-1440) HOVHANNES AND ASHA
19th Century
Fiction
Khach‘atur Abovean (1809-1848) WOUNDS OF ARMENIA (1841)
Raffi/Hagop Melik-Hagopian (1835–1888) SALBI (1855–1874, published 1911) - JALALEDDIN (1878) - HAREM (1874) - THE FOOL (1880) - DAVIT BEK (1880–82) -THE GOLDEN ROOSTER (1882) - THE DIARY OF A CROSS-STEALER (1882–83) - SPARKS (1883-1884) -SAMUEL (1886)
Srpuhi Dussap (1840-1901) MAYDA: ECHOES OF PROTEST (1883)
Drama
Hagop Baronian (1843-1891) BROTHER BALTHAZAR (1886)-EASTERN DENTIST (1869)-THE PERILS OF POLITENESS (1886-1888)-HONORABLE BEGGARS (1887)
Archbishop Khoren Kalfayan/Khoren Narpey ALAFRANKA (1862)
Gabriel Sundukian (1825-1912) SNEEZING AT NIGHT’S GOOD LUCK (1863)-QUANDARY (1866)-OSKAN PETROVICH IN THE NEXT WORLD (1866)-ET CETERA OR THE NEW DIOGENES (1869)
Bedros Tourian (1851–1872) BLACK LANDS (1868)-ARTASHES THE CONQUEROR (1869)-FALL OF THE HOUSE OF THE ARSACIDS (1870)-CAPTURE OF ANI, THE CAPITAL OF ARMENIA (1871)-THEATRE OR THE MISERABLES (1871)
20th Century
Poetry
Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863-1934) THE HEART OF A GIRL (1891) - REFLECTIONS (1902) - THE BRIDE
Avetik Isahakyan (1875 –1957) SONGS AND WOUNDS (1887)-THE SONGS OF HAIDUKS (1899-1906)-ABU-LALA MAHARI (1909–1911)
Shushanik Kurghinian (1876 –1927) RINGING OF THE DAWN (1907)
Siamanto/Atom Yarjanian (1878-1915) THE MANNER OF A HERO (1902)-THE INVITATION FROM THE FATHERLAND (1903)
Varoujan/Daniel Tchboukkiarian (1884-1915) THE SONG OF THE BREAD (1921)
Yeghishe Charents (1897–1937) CHARENTS-NAME (1922)-EPIC DAWN (1930)-THE BOOK OF THE WAY (1933)
Fiction
Hagop Oshagan (1883-1943) THE FIRST TEAR (1902) - THE HUMBLE ONES (1921) - THE REMNANTS (1928-1934) -ONE HUNDRED AND ONE YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT (Trilogy HAJI MURAD - HAJI ABDULLAH - SÜLEYMAN EFFENDI) (1933)
AZERBAIJAN (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography -Essay ) (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th Century-20th Century)
Postclassical
Khaqani Shirvani (1121-1199) THE CHRISTIAN QASIDA –THE GIFT FROM TWO IRAQS / TUHFAT AL-‘IRAQAYN Nizami Ganjevi (1141–1209) TREASURY OF MYSTERIES -KHUSRAW AND SHIRIN -LAYLI AND MAJNUN (1192) -THE BOOK OF ALEXANDER (1194) -THE SEVEN BEAUTIES (1197)
Early Modern
Abdülmecid Firişteoğlu (d. after 1459–60) DIVINE BOOK OF LOVE/IŞKNÂME-I ILÂH) -Refîʿî BEŞÂRETNÂME and GENCNÂME Shah Esmail (1487-1524) DAHNAMA - Hatefi (1454-1521) BOOK OF KINGS - EPIC OF KOROGHLU
19th Century PoetryKasim bey Zakir (c. 1784-1857) POEMS OF COMPLAINT/SHEKAYAT-NAMEH -
Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897) QUATRAINS/RUBAIS
Essay/Nonfictional Narrative Prose
Azeri-Persian
Abbas Qoli Aqa Bakikhanov (1794-1847) HEAVENLY GARDEN/GULISTAN-I IRAM
Drama
Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh (1812-1878) STORY OF MONSIEUR JURDAN, THE BOTANICAL PROFESSOR, AND THE DRUNKEN DERVISH ALISHAH, THE FAMOUS SORCERER (1850)-THE STORY OF LANKARAN MINISTER (1850) - STORY OF ALCHEMIST MULLAH EBRAHIM KHALIL (1850)-STORY OF GHOLDORBASHAN BEAR (185) - STORY OF THE STINGY MAN (1852) - PLEADERS OF THE COURT (1855)
20th Century
Poetry
Mirza Alakbar Sabir/Alakbar Zeynalabdin oglu Tahirzadeh (1862-1911) HOP HOP NAMA (pub. posthumously in 1962)
Fiction
Kurban Said/Lev Nussimbaum (1905-1942) ALI AND NINO (1937) Lifewriting
Banine/Ummulbanu Asadullayeva (1905-1992) DAYS IN THE CAUCASUS (1945)-DAYS IN PARIS (1947)-I CHOSE OPIUM (1959) NORTH CAUCASUS (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography -Essay ) (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th Century-20th Century)
Ancient Period Shaikh Abu Yaʿqub Yusuf Babi Lakzi Darbandi (d. before 1089) TALE OF DARBAND/DARBAND-NAMA
Mammus ibn al-Hasan al-Lakzi (1004-1100) HISTORY OF DERBENT AND SHIRVAN/ TARIKH BAB AL-ABWAB WA-SHIRVAN
Postclassical Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Darbandi (1027-1110) BASILICA OF VERITIES AND GARDEN OF DELICACIES/RAYHAN AL-HAQA'IQ VA BUSTAN AL-DAQA'IQ
Early Modern
TREATISE ON DJINNS (1667-1668)
19th Century
Essay/Nonfictional Narrative Prose
Shu‘ayb b. Idris al-Bagini al-Daghistani (1853–1912) RANKS OF THE MASTERS OF THE NAQSHBANDIYYA AND OF THE SHAYKHS OF HOLY ANCESTRY OF THEKHALIDIYYA MAHMUDIYYA/ TABAQAT AL-KHWAJAGAN AL-NAQSHBANDIYYA (1903-1911)
20th Century
Fiction
Dzakho Gatuev (1892-1938) ZELIMKHAN, A TALE (1929)
Magomet Mamakaev (1910 – 1973) AND ROCKS SPEAK: POEMS (1968) – ZEMLIMKHAN (1981)