Ghazaros Aghayan was an Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist and public figure born in 1840 in what is now Georgia. He received an early education before working various jobs and joining Armenian cultural revival efforts in the 19th century. Aghayan managed the monthly Ararat from 1868-1870 and later taught in several Armenian schools while writing textbooks. He authored several novels, poems, memoirs and educational works before passing away in Tiflis in 1911 at the age of 71.

1. GHAZAROS AGHAYAN
Ghazaros Stepani Aghayan ( April 5, 1840 -
June 20, 1911) was an Armenian writer,
educator, folklorist, historian, linguist and public
figure.

2. Aghayan was born in Bolnis-Khachen,
an Armenian village in the Russian
Empire in what is now Georgia. He
received his early education in Bolnis-
Khachen, and at the age of thirteen he
entered to the Nersisyan School in
Tiflis. He left the school after one year
because of his family's financial
problems. Aghayan traveled
between Tiflis, Moscow and Saint-
Petersburg. In Moscow he cooperated
with Hyusisapayl journal of Stepanos
Nazarian.
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3. Throughout his life he pursued many careers and professions.
He was a hunter, a factory worker and a farm laborer before he
joined fellow writer Mikael Nalbandian in the Armenian cultural
and intellectual revival of the 19th century.
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4. Aghayan managed the Ararat monthly of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin from 1868-1870. In 1870 he returned to Tiflis and
dedicated himself to teaching. He taught
in Akhaltskha, Alexandropol, Yerevan and Shushi, and
supervised Armenian parochial schools of Georgia. He is an
author of textbooks for Armenian schools. He died in Tiflis at
the age of 71. He was maternal grandfather of Lazar
Sarian and Anatoliy Eiramdzhan and father-in-law of the
renowned painter Martiros Saryan.
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5.  1867 - "Arutiun and Manvel" (autobiographical novel)
 1872 - "Two sisters " (social novel)
 1888 - "Torg-Angegh" (poems)
 1893 - "The Main Events of My Life " (memoirs)
 1881 - "Anahit" (tale)
 1887 - "Aregnazan" (fairy tale)
 1904 - "The Fairy Tales of Grandmother Gulnaz"
 1908 - "Arevik" (educational book)
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