Gabriel Sundukian
| Gabriel Sundukian Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան |
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Portrait on a 1950 Soviet postage stamp.
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| Born | July 11, 1825 Tiflis, Georgian Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Education | Nersisyan School, Saint Petersburg State University |
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| Notable work(s) | "Pepo" |
Gabriel Sundukian (Armenian: Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան; 11 July 1825 - 29 March 1912) was an Armenian writer and playwright, the founder of modern Armenian drama.[1]
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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
- Quandary (Khatabala), 1866
- Pepo, 1871
- Ruined Family (Kanduats ochakhe), 1873
- Love and Liberty (Ser yev azatutyun), 1910
References
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External links
- 19th Century Playwrights- Gabriel Sundukian
- Works by Gabriel Sundukyan at Project Gutenberg
- Sundukian at IMDB
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- 1825 births
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- People from Tbilisi
- Armenian male writers
- 20th-century Armenian dramatists and playwrights
- Georgian Armenians
- Dramatists and playwrights from Georgia (country)
- Burials at Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi
- Male dramatists and playwrights
- Nersisian School alumni
- 19th-century Armenian dramatists and playwrights
