Nahapet Kuchak

Nahapet Kuchak (Armenian: Նահապետ Քուչակ) (died 1592) was an Armenian medieval poet, one of the first ashughs.^[1] He is best known for his hairens (հայրեն), "couplets with a single coherent theme."^[2] Kuchak was probably born in the village of Kharakonis, near the city of Van.^[3] He lived his entire life near the Lake Van area.^[4]

References

↑ "Նահապետ Քոչւակ". ArmenianHouse.org. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
↑ Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, Paul F. Rouzer (2012). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780691154916.
↑ "Nahapet Kuchak". Writers.am. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
↑ Holding, Nicholas. Bradt Armenia: With Nagorno Karabagh (3rd ed.). Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 44. ISBN 9781841623450.

Armenian literature

Epic and legends

Hayk and Bel Vahagn Tork Angegh Ara the Beautiful and Shamiram Artashes and Satenik David of Sassoun

Genres

Sharakan Tagh Hayren Antuni Horovel

V—IX centuries

Golden age	Koryun Agathangelos Eznik of Kolb Yeghishe Faustus of Byzantium Movses Khorenatsi Ghazar Parpetsi Hovhan Mandakuni

X—XIV centuries

XV—XVI centuries

John of Vorotan Gregory of Tatev Mateos Jugaetsi Grigor Khlatetsi Arakel Syunetsi Hovanes Tlkurantsi Thomas of Metsoph Arakel Baghishetsi Mkrtish Naghash Grigoris Aghtamartsi Nahapet Kuchak

XVII—XVIII centuries

Nerses Mokatsi Simeon Lehatsi Simeon Jugaetsi Arakel of Tabriz Stepanos Lehatsi Zakaria Aguletsi Yeremia Chelebi Keomurjian Zakaria Sarkavag Naghash Hovnatan Khachatur Erzrumtsi Paghtasar Dpir Esai Hasan-Jalalian Simeon Yerevantsi Sayat-Nova Shahamir Shahamiryan

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