Khachatur Abovian 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.
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Painting in 1884 by Gevorg Bashinjaghian of the house where Abovian was born
Abovian's mentor Friedrich Parrot
Imperial University of Dorpat in the mid-19th century
Abovian's 1950 statue in Yerevan
A plaque of Abovian near Yerevan's Republic Square, on Abovyan Street
Khachatur Abovian on a 1956 Soviet stamp
Abovian's statue near his childhood home in his native village of Kanaker, nowadays part of the capital YerevanIn their orbit 1
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Khachatur Abovian 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.
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