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Khachatur Abovian

1805 - 1848

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Khachatur Abovian (Armenian: Խաչատուր Աբովյան, romanized: Khach’atur Abovyan; October 15 [O.S. October 3] 1809 – disappeared April 14 [O.S. April 2] 1848) was an Armenian polymath, educator, scientist, philosopher, writer, poet and an advocate of modernization. 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khachatur Abovian is the 1,013th most popular writer (down from 980th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Writer.

Khachatur Abovian is most famous for his work, "Wounds of Armenia."

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Among writers, Khachatur Abovian ranks 1,013 out of 7,302. Before him are Henri Troyat, Nellie Bly, Ed Bradley, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Dalton Trumbo, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. After him are André Bazin, Yosa Buson, Fyodor Tyutchev, Nicolas Chamfort, Johann Peter Eckermann, and Clément Marot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Khachatur Abovian ranks 14. Before him are Ferdinand de Lesseps, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Fanny Mendelssohn, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Marie d'Agoult. After him are Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Robert FitzRoy, Adalbert Stifter, Robert Anderson, Thomas Graham, and George Müller. Among people deceased in 1848, Khachatur Abovian ranks 15. Before him are Bernard Bolzano, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Vissarion Belinsky, María Isabella of Spain, Nicolas Oudinot, and Mohammad Shah Qajar. After him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Joseph Mohr, James Dunlop, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Khachatur Abovian ranks 14 out of 163. Before him are Tiridates III of Armenia (255), Hayk (410), Vologases V (130), Najm ad-Din Ayyub (1100), Servatius of Tongeren (400), and Vahagn Khachaturyan (1959). After him are Ashot I of Armenia (820), Armen Sarkissian (1953), Sebeos (700), Anania Shirakatsi (610), Karekin II (1951), and Alexander Arutiunian (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Armenia

Among writers born in Armenia, Khachatur Abovian ranks 1. After him are Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Silva Kaputikyan (1919), Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Shushanik Kurghinian (1876), Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), Paruyr Sevak (1924), Axel Bakunts (1899), Hamo Sahyan (1914), Gevorg Emin (1919), Sarmad Kashani (1590), and Narine Abgaryan (1971).

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