Tserents
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Tserents was a prominent Armenian
writer.
, at the San Lazzaro degli Armeni
of the Mekhitarist Order
between 1831–1837 and continued his education in Paris
(1848–1853). He returned to Constantinople in 1853 and lived for several years in Cyprus
, working as a teacher and a scientist. He moved to Tiflis in 1878, and worked as a teacher in the Nersisyan Armenian gymnasium.
, Tserents was the founder of the Armenian historical novel. The novel Thoros, Son of Levon (1877) was dedicated to the tragic events in the history of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
in the 12th century. His best known novel, In the Pains of Birth (1879), reflects the liberation struggle of the Armenian people against the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century. Tserents's novel Theodoros Rshtuni
(1881) is about the historic struggle of the 7th century for a strong centralized state.
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
writer.
Biography
Tserents studied at VeniceVenice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, at the San Lazzaro degli Armeni
San Lazzaro degli Armeni
San Lazzaro degli Armeni is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, lying immediately west of the Lido; completely occupied by a monastery that is the mother-house of the Mekhitarist Order, the island is one of the world's foremost centers of Armenian culture.- Background :The...
of the Mekhitarist Order
Mechitarists
The Mechitarists , are a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1712 by Abbot Mechitar of Sebastia. They are best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts.-History:Their eponymous...
between 1831–1837 and continued his education in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(1848–1853). He returned to Constantinople in 1853 and lived for several years in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, working as a teacher and a scientist. He moved to Tiflis in 1878, and worked as a teacher in the Nersisyan Armenian gymnasium.
Works
Together with RaffiRaffi (poet)
Hakob Melik Hakobian , better known by his pen name Raffi , is a renowned Armenian author born in 1835 in Payajouk, an Armenian village situated in the Salmas province in Persia. He died in 1888 in Tiflis...
, Tserents was the founder of the Armenian historical novel. The novel Thoros, Son of Levon (1877) was dedicated to the tragic events in the history of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , also known as the Cilician Armenia, Kingdom of Cilician Armenia or New Armenia, was an independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia...
in the 12th century. His best known novel, In the Pains of Birth (1879), reflects the liberation struggle of the Armenian people against the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century. Tserents's novel Theodoros Rshtuni
Theodoros Rshtuni
Theodore Rshtuni , equated with the patrikios Pasagnathes of Theophanes the Confessor, was an Armenian nakharar, famous for resisting the first Arab invasions of Armenia...
(1881) is about the historic struggle of the 7th century for a strong centralized state.