Yevprime Avedisian

Yevprime Avedisian, also known by her pen name Annais, Anais or Anayis, was an Armenian poet and short story writer. Writing poems about the female body and sexual desire, she contributed to literary journals in Istanbul and Paris. She is remembered in particular for her autobiography Յուշերս, Paris, 1949. She participated in salons in the Ottoman Empire as they allowed women to mix with men without being considered disreputable.