Wounds of Armenia
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Wounds of Armenia (Armenian: Վերք Հայաստանի, romanized: Verk’ Hayastani)[lower-alpha 1] is an 1841 historical novel by Khachatur Abovian. Written in the Araratian (Yerevan) dialect,[4] Wounds of Armenia is considered Abovian's chef d'œuvre.[2][5] It is Abovian's debut novel, the first Armenian novel[6][lower-alpha 2] and the first modern Eastern Armenian literary work.[8][9] Thanks to Wounds of Armenia, Abovian is acknowledged as the founder of the modern Eastern Armenian language.[2][5]
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Author | Khachatur Abovian |
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Language | Eastern Armenian |
Genre | Historical novel[1][2][3] |
Publication date | 1858 |
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It was first published in 1858 in Tiflis, which was the cultural center of Russian Armenians before the Russian Civil War,[10] ten years after Abovian's disappearance.[9]