Andranik has been figured prominently in the Armenian literature, sometimes as a fictional character. The Western Armenian writer Siamanto wrote a poem entitled "Andranik", which was published in Geneva in 1905. The first book about Andranik was published during his lifetime. In 1920, Vahan Totovents, under the pen name Arsen Marmarian, published the book "Gen. Andranik and his wars" (Զոր. Անդրանիկ և իր պատերազմները) in Entente-occupied Constantinople. The famed Armenian-American writer William Saroyan wrote a short story titled "Antranik of Armenia", which was included in his collection of short stories "Inhale and Exhale" (1936). Another US-based Armenian writer Hamastegh's novel "The White Horseman" (Սպիտակ Ձիավորը, 1952) was based on Andranik and other "fedayi". Hovhannes Shiraz, one of the most prominent Armenian poets of the 20th century, wrote at least two poems about Andranik; one in 1963 and another in 1967. The latter one, titled "Statue to Andranik" (Արձան Անդրանիկին), was published in 1991 after Shiraz's death. Sero Khanzadyan's novel "Andranik" was suppressed for years and was published in 1989 when the tight Soviet control over publications was relaxed. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, author Suren Sahakyan collected folk stories and completed a novel, "Story about Andranik" (Ասք Անդրանիկի մասին). It was first published in Yerevan in 2008.