Gabriel Sundukian
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Gabriel Sundukian (Template:Langx (reformed), Script error: No such module "Lang". (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 Sundukian State Academic Theatre in Yerevan is named in his honor.
Plays
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 (Script error: No such module "Lang". (A sneeze at night is good luck))[3]
- (1866) Khatabala (Script error: No such module "Lang". (Quandary)).[3] Published in 1881, 1904.[4]
- (1866) Oskan Petroviche en kinkume (Script error: No such module "Lang". (Oskan Petrovich in the afterlife))[3]
- (1869) Yev ayln kam nor Dioginis (Script error: No such module "Lang". (Etcetera, or the new Diogenes))[3]
- (1871) Pepo (Script error: No such module "Lang".);[3] English translation: Bebo (1931, tr. E. Megerditchian)[4]
- (1873) Kandvats ojakh (Script error: No such module "Lang".); English translation: The Ruined Family (1904, tr. F. B. Collins)[4]
- (1884) Eli mek zoh (Script error: No such module "Lang". (Another victim))[3]
- (1893) Amusinner (Script error: No such module "Lang". (Spouses)).[3] Republished in 1896, 1897, and 1905.[4]
- (1907) Baghnesi bokhcha (Script error: No such module "Lang". (Bath bag))[3]
- (1910) Ser yev azatutyun (Script error: No such module "Lang". (Love and liberty))[3]
References
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External links
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- Sundukian at IMDB
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- 1825 births
- 1912 deaths
- Writers from Tbilisi
- 20th-century Armenian dramatists and playwrights
- Georgian people of Armenian descent
- 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
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights from Georgia (country)
- 19th-century dramatists and playwrights from Georgia (country)
- 19th-century Armenian male writers
- 20th-century Armenian male writers