Gabriel Sundukian
Gabriel Sundukian Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան | |
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Born | Tiflis, Georgian Governorate, Russian Empire | 11 July 1825
Died | 29 March 1912 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire | (aged 86)
Education | Nersisyan School, Saint Petersburg State University |
Notable works | "Pepo" |
Gabriel Sundukian (Armenian: Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան (reformed), Գաբրիէլ Սունդուկեան (classical); 11 July 1825 – 29 March 1912) was an Armenian writer and playwright, the founder of modern Armenian drama.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Tiflis, in a wealthy Armenian family, Sundukian learned both classical and modern Armenian, French, Italian and Russian, studied at the University of Saint-Petersburg, where he wrote a dissertation on the principles of Persian versification. Then he returned to Tiflis and entered the civil service. In 1854–58 he was banished to Derbend (Dagestan, Russia). In 1863, the Armenian theatre company of Tiflis staged his first play, Sneezing at Night's Good Luck. His well-known play "Pepo" (1871) was made into the first Armenian talkie in 1935. Another famous film based on his work is "Khatabala" (1971). The G. Sundukyan State Academic Theatre in Yerevan is named in his honor.
Plays
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- Quandary (Khatabala), 1866
- Pepo, 1871
- Ruined Family (Kanduats ochakhe), 1873
- Love and Liberty (Ser yev azatutyun), 1910
References
- ^ 19th Century Playwrights – Gabriel Sundukian. armeniandrama.org
- ^ СУНДУКЯН Габриэл in Encyclopedia of Literature. Vol. 11. Moscow. 1929–1939.
Further reading
- The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, By Agop J. Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Wayne State University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8143-3221-8
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