Nahapet Kuchak

Nahapet Kuchak is the name under which tradition gathers the hayrens, sung quatrains of the sixteenth century of which he is held to be the principal author. He is said to have been born in the village of Kharakonis, near Van, and married to a woman named Tangiatoun; he is said to have spent his whole life around Lake Van and died in 1592. He was buried in the cemetery of the church of Saint Theodore in his village, and his tomb became a place of pilgrimage. His share in these poems, which came partly from earlier songs, remains disputed.

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• PoetryA Hundred and One HayrensՀարյուր ու մեկ հայրենNahapet Kuchak · 1976Literature