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The Golden Rooster (Raffi Novel)
''The Golden Rooster'' (Ոսկի աքաղաղ Voski ak’aghagh) is an 1870 Armenian language novel by the novelist Raffi (novelist), Raffi. The novel was adapted into a play by the Hamazgayin Theatre.Ararat - Volumes 21-22 - Page 33 1978 - "The most popular play ever performed by a single troupe in the Armenian Diaspora was Sarkissian's The Golden Rooster (an adaptation from a novel by Raffi), which has ." Its English translation by Donald Abcarian was published in 2008 by the Taderon Press of the Gomidas Institute in London. References 1870 novels Novels by Raffi Armenian-language novels Novels set in Armenia {{Armenia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffi (novelist)
Hakob Melik Hakobian ( hy, Յակոբ Մելիք-Յակոբեան ( classical); 1835–1888), better known by his pen name Raffi ( hy, Րաֆֆի; fa, رافی), was an Armenian author and leading figure in 19th-century Armenian literature. Biography Raffi was the eldest son in a family of hereditary Armenian gentry and was born in 1835 in Payajuk, a village of northwestern Iran. His father was a wealthy farmer, merchant and the highest civil authority of the village. Thus, Raffi’s economic background and special status within the family eventually made it possible for him to acquire a privileged education, one in which he was exposed to the full spectrum of classical, Russian and Western European masterpieces of literature. His education began in the home of the village priest, Father Mser. There, in a small room adjacent to the barn, boys of all ages and levels of learning were taught under pressure of corporal punishment for failing in their lessons. In his novel called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
