Raphael Patkanian

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Kamar Katiba

Patkanyan's (left) and Nalbandyan's graves in Nor Nakhijevan

Raphael Patkanian (also known as Kamar Katiba; Armenian: Ռափայել Պատկանյան; November 8, 1830 - August 22, 1892) was one of the most popular Armenian poets.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Patkanian was born in Nor Nakhichevan, Russia in 1830, his father and grandfather had been known for their poetic gifts. While at the University of Moscow, he created a literary club for his Armenian students, and from initials of their names formed his own pen-name of Kamar Katiba. Many of his poems were written during the Turco-Russian war, when the Russian Armenians had high hopes for the deliverance of Turkish Armenia from Ottoman rule. Patkanian died in 1892, after forty-two years of his continuous activity, as a teacher, author, and editor.

References

↑ The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response - Page 101 by Peter Balakian
↑ The Survey - Page 259 by Survey Associates

External links

Poems by Raphael Patkanian

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Name	Patkanian, Raphael
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Date of birth	November 8, 1830
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Date of death	August 22, 1892
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