Khachatur Abovian (Armenian: Խաչատուր Աբովյան, romanized: Khach’atur Abovyan;[1][2] October 15 [O.S. October 3] 1809 – April 14 [O.S. April 2] 1848 (disappeared)) was an Armenian polymath, educator, scientist, philosopher, writer, poet and an advocate of modernization.[3] He mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead. Reputed as the father of modern Armenian literature, he is best remembered for his novel Wounds of Armenia.[4] Written in 1841 and published posthumously in 1858, it was the first novel published in the Modern Armenian language, based on the Yerevan dialect instead of Classical Armenian.[3]
Abovian was far ahead of his time and virtually none of his works were published during his lifetime. Only after the establishment of the Armenian SSR was Abovian accorded recognition and stature.[5] Abovian is regarded as one of the foremost figures not just in Armenian literature, but Armenian history at large.[6] Abovian's influence on Western Armenian literature was not as strong as it was on Eastern Armenian, particularly in its formative years.[7]
^"The history of the foundation of Khachatur Abovyan's house-museum". Khachatur Abovyan's house-museum. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^Traditional Armenian orthography: Խաչատուր Աբովեան
^ abPanossian, p. 143.
^Bedevian, Ruth (December 8, 2004). "Writer and Patriot: Khachatur Abovyan (sic)". Retrieved July 13, 2008.
^Hacikyan et al., p. 214.
^Hewsen, Robert H. "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia: IV: The Siwnid Origins of Xac'atur Abovian." Revue des études Arméniennes. NS: XIV, 1980, pp. 459–468.
KhachaturAbovian (Armenian: Խաչատուր Աբովյան, romanized: Khach’atur Abovyan; October 15 [O.S. October 3] 1809 – April 14 [O.S. April 2] 1848 (disappeared))...
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central Republic Square to the statue of prominent Armenian writer KhachaturAbovian (1809–1848), who the street is named after. Abovyan Street is the...
footsteps of Baltic German explorer Friedrich Parrot and Armenian writer KhachaturAbovian on their historic ascent of Mount Ararat in 1829. The film derives...
their troops during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. According to KhachaturAbovian, the population of Gharakilisa was not more than 600 by the end of...
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