Mkrtichʻ Peshiktʻashlyan

Mkrtich Beshiktashlian (; 18 August 182829 November 1868) was an Ottoman Armenian poet, playwright and educator from Constantinople. Considered one of the main representatives of the Romanticist movement in Armenian literature, his work was highly influential on later Armenian authors.

Biography Mkrtich Beshiktashlian was born on 18 August 1828 in the Ortaköy neighborhood of Constantinople. His father, Raphael Beshiktashlian, was one of 12,000 Armenians deported to Constantinople from Anatolia in 1827. Mkrtich's parents and sisters died during his youth. He received his education at institutions run by the Mekhitarist Armenian Catholic order, first in Constantinople, then at the Muradian Gymnasium in Padua, Italy.

He died of tuberculosis in 1868 at the age of 40. He was buried in an Armenian cemetery in the Şişli district of Constantinople.

Works Historical Tragedies «Կոռնակ» (Kornak) «Արշակ» (Arshak) «Վահէ» (Vahe) «Վահան» (Vahan)

Translations Voltaire's The Death of Caesar Vittorio Alfieri's Saul and Bruto, part I

Musical comedies «Կատակերգութիւն Երից Քաջաց» - Comedy about Three Brave Men «Կատակերգութիւն Աւազակաց» (1909) - Comedy about the Bandits

Poems «Զբօսանք Արտաշէսի Առաջնոյ» (1849) - "Artashes I's Walk" «Հրաւէր ի Մարտ Խոսրովու Մեծի» - "Khosrov the Great's Call to Battle" «Ի Նահատակութիւն Վարդանանց» - "To the Martyrdom of Vardan and his Men" «Դիւցազունք Հայոց» - "Armenian Heroes" «Գիշեր» - "Night" «Առ Հ. Ղեւոնդ Ալիշան» - "To Ghevond Alishan" «Եղբայր Եմք Մենք» - "We Are Brothers" «Գարուն» - "Spring" «Ալ զեփիւռն Ալեմտաղիի» - "The Crimson Zephyr of Alemdaghi" «Ճեմք Ի Լեառն Հսկային» - "A Stroll to the Giant's Mountain" «Հնացէք Իմ Տաղք» - "Grow Old, My Verses" «Աշուն» - "Autumn" «Քնար Կուսին» - "The Virgin's Lyre" «Քնար Եւ Շիրիմ» - "Lyre and Grave" «Հայ Քաջորդին» - "The Brave Armenian Son" «Մահ Քաջորդւոյն» - "The Brave Son's Death" «Թաղումն Քաջորդւոյն» - "The Burial of the Brave Son" «Հայ Քաջուհին» - "The Brave Armenian Girl"