Ghazaros aghayan biography

Ghazaros Aghayan

  • 1. GHAZAROS AGHAYAN Ghazaros Stepani Aghayan ( April 5, 1840 - June 20, 1911) was an Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist and public figure.
  • 2. Aghayan was born in Bolnis-Khachen, an Armenian village in the Russian Empire in what is now Georgia. He received his early education in Bolnis- Khachen, and at the age of thirteen he entered to the Nersisyan School in Tiflis. He left the school after one year because of his family's financial problems. Aghayan traveled between Tiflis, Moscow and Saint- Petersburg. In Moscow he cooperated with Hyusisapayl journal of Stepanos Nazarian. BIOGRAPHY
  • 3. Throughout his life he pursued many careers and professions. He was a hunter, a factory worker and a farm laborer before he joined fellow writer Mikael Nalbandian in the Armenian cultural and intellectual revival of the 19th century. BIOGRAPHY
  • 4. Aghayan managed the Ararat monthly of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 1868-1870. In 1870 he returned to Tiflis and dedicated himself to teaching. He taught in Akhaltskha, Alexandropol, Yer

    Ghazaros Aghayan

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    Ghazaros Aghayan

    Ghazaros (Lazarus) Aghayan (Armenian: Ղազարոս Աղայեան; 16 April [O.S. 4 April] 1840 – 3 July [O.S. Read more on Wikipedia

    Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghazaros Aghayan has received more than 28,032 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ghazaros Aghayan is the 5,077th most popular writer (down from 4,727th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Georgian Writer.

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    Among writers, Ghazaros Aghayan ranks 5,077 out of 7,302. Before him are Ion Agârbiceanu, Tanith Lee, Wyndham Lewis, Hermann Kant, František Čelakovský, and Mark Dvoretsky. After him are Leslie Charteris, Marin Preda, Olive Schreiner, Júlia Szendrey, Jacques Chessex, and Ramón Pérez de Ayala.

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    Ghazaros Aghayan

    Armenian writer (1840-1911)

    Ghazaros (Lazarus) Aghayan (Armenian: Ղազարոս Աղայեան; 16 April [O.S. 4 April] 1840 – 3 July [O.S. 20 June] 1911) was an Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist and public figure.[1]

    Biography

    Aghayan was born in the village of Bolnisi (also known as Bolnis-Khachen)[2][3] in the Tiflis Governorate (now Georgia) of the Russian Empire. He received his early education in Bolnisi, and at the age of thirteen he enrolled in the Nersisyan School in Tiflis. He left the school after one year because of his family's financial problems. Aghayan traveled between Tiflis, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg. In Moscow he became a collaborator of Stepanos Nazarian, the founder of the journal Hyusisapayl (Aurora borealis), also working as typesetter.

    Throughout his life he pursued many careers and professions. He was a hunter, a factory worker and a farm labourer before he joined fellow writer Mikayel Nalbandian in the Armenian cultural and

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