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Gabriel Sundukian ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան; 11 July 1825 – 29 March 1912) was an СУНДУКЯН Габриэл
in ''Encyclopedia of Literature''. Vol. 11. Moscow. 1929–1939.
*Quandary (Khatabala), 1866
*Pepo, 1871
*Ruined Family (Kanduats ochakhe), 1873
*Love and Liberty (Ser yev azatutyun), 1910
Sundukian at IMDB
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n writer and playwright, the founder of modern Armenian drama.in ''Encyclopedia of Literature''. Vol. 11. Moscow. 1929–1939.
Biography
Born inTiflis
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, 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
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(Dagestan
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, Russia
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). 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
Further reading
*The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, By Agop J. Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Wayne State University Press, 2005,External links
*Sundukian at IMDB
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