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Ler Kamsar (Լեռ Կամսար, born Aram Tovmaghyan, Արամ Թովմաղյան; 24 October 1888 – 22 November 1965) was an Armenian writer and satirist.

Biography
Ler Kamsar was born Aram Tovmaghyan (or Ter-Tovmaghyan) on 24 October 1888, in the city of Van in the Ottoman Empire. He first studied at the American school in his hometown, then attended the Gevorgian Seminary in Etchmiadzin. He published his first work in 1910 in the Van newspaper (Labor)․ In 1915, during the Armenian genocide, he took part in the defense of Van․ He then fled to Yerevan, where he started writing for various newspapers in the Caucasus, sometimes under the pseudonym Ara Masyan. From 1921 to 1935, he wrote for the satirical section of, the official newspaper of Soviet Armenia.

Ler Kamsar's favorite genres were short forms of satire, such as the feuilleton, short story, satirical dialogue, and aphorisms. His early works mainly satirize the policy of the great powers during and after World War I, the diplomacy surrounding the Armenian question, the activities of the Armenian political parties, and the clergy. His other works satirize aspects of everyday life and social issues, as well as the literary world.

Kamsar was imprisoned by the Soviet authorities in 1935. He was first imprisoned in Yerevan, then exiled to Vorkuta, where he remained until 1939. From 1940 to 1952, he was in exile in Basargechar (now Vardenis, Armenia). He was allowed to return from exile to Yerevan after a general amnesty in 1955. He died on 22 November 1965 in Yerevan. A street in the Kentron District of Yerevan is named after him.