Gabriel Sundukian
Gabriel Sundukian Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան | |
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 Portrait on a 1950 Soviet postage stamp. | |
| Born | 11 July 1825 Tiflis, Georgian Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 March 1912 (aged 86) Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
| 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
[edit]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 Sundukian State Academic Theatre in Yerevan is named in his honor.
Plays
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Ordered by date of composition (in some cases, several versions exist because of the author's revisions over the years).
- (1866) Gishervan sabre kher e (Գիշերուան սաբրը խէր է (A sneeze at night is good luck))[3]
- (1866) Khatabala (Խաթաբալա (Quandary)).[3] Published in 1881, 1904.[4]
- (1866) Oskan Petroviche en kinkume (Օսկան Պետրովիչը էն կինքումը (Oskan Petrovich in the afterlife))[3]
- (1869) Yev ayln kam nor Dioginis (Եւ այլն կամ նոր Դիոգինիս (Etcetera, or the new Diogenes))[3]
- (1871) Pepo (Պէպօ);[3] English translation: Bebo (1931, tr. E. Megerditchian)[4]
- (1873) Kandvats ojakh (Քանդուած օջախ); English translation: The Ruined Family (1904, tr. F. B. Collins)[4]
- (1884) Eli mek zoh (Էլի մէկ զոհ (Another victim))[3]
- (1893) Amusinner (Ամուսիններ (Spouses)).[3] Republished in 1896, 1897, and 1905.[4]
- (1907) Baghnesi bokhcha (Բաղնըսի բոխչայ (Bath bag))[3]
- (1910) Ser yev azatutyun (Սէր և ազատութիւն (Love and liberty))[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "19th Century Playwrights – Gabriel Sundukian". ArmenianDrama.org. Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance. 2005. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.
- ^ СУНДУКЯН Габриэл in Encyclopedia of Literature. Vol. 11. Moscow. 1929–1939.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hacikyan, Agop Jack; Basmajian, Gabriel; Franchuk, Edward S.; Ouzounian, Nourhan (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Volume III: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. pp. 269–270. ISBN 0-8143-3221-8.
- ^ a b c d Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature 1500-1920. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 518. ISBN 0-8143-2747-8.
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