Perch Proshian
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Perch Proshian (Armenian: Պերճ Պռոշյան, Hovhannes Ter-Arakelian, 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1837 in Ashtarak – 23 November 1907 in Baku) was an Armenian writer.[1]
Perch Proshian | |
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Native name | Պերճ Պռոշյան |
Born | Hovhannes Ter-Arakelian (1837-06-15)15 June 1837 Ashtarak, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ashtarak, Armenia) |
Died | 23 November 1907(1907-11-23) (aged 70) Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire |
Resting place | Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi |
Occupation | writer |
Language | Armenian |
Nationality | Armenian |
Education | Nersisyan School |
Genre | classical |
Literary movement | national-democratic |
Proshian was born in a tailor's family in Ashtarak. His education included parish school (1849–52) and a short time in the palatial school of Yerevan. In 1856 he finished the Nersisyan School of Tbilisi, where he formed his national-democratic views. After completing one year of education in Tbilisi's palatial school, Proshian came back to Ashtarak in 1857 and was appointed an inspector of the parish school.
In 1859, Proshian went to Tbilisi, where he taught at the Nersisyan School. From 1879 to 1881 had worked in Ejmiatsin as teachers' inspector. In 1887 had returned to Tbilisi. He died in Baku and was buried in the Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi.