Early life Davoudian grew up in
New Julfa, the Armenian neighborhood of
Isfahan,
Iran. In 2018, he immigrated to the
United States.
Career In 2024, Davoudian's debut book, a collection of poetry named
The Palace of Forty Pillars, was published. The book weaves family and
Armenian history with
James Merrill,
Rainer Maria Rilke, and Persian works such as the
Shahnameh. At a February 2025
poetry reading at
Hammer Museum, Davoudian stated that poetry is "less, maybe for me at least, about finding what something meant, and more about what it meant to me or to whoever the writer is." In April 2025, Davoudian joined International Armenian Literary Alliance as an advisory boardmember. Davoudian is currently completing a
Doctor of Philosophy in English at
Stanford University.
Personal life Davoudian is part of the
LGBTQ+ community. ==References==