Hovhannes Hisarian

Hovhannes Hisarian was an Ottoman Armenian writer, novelist, archeologist, editor, and educator. He was considered the first Armenian romantic novelist.

Writing career

Hovhannes Hisarian is considered the first Armenian romantic novelist in the vernacular Ashkharhabar dialect because of his novel Khosrov yev Makruhi.
His second novel, Nern Kam Kataratz Ashkhari was also written in the same style as Khosrov Yev Makruhi, however the plot and storyline was about religious and metaphysical sentiment.
Even though he tends to write in the Ashkharhabar vernacular, he has published some of his poetry in the Classical Armenian dialect as well. These poems are collected in a volume called Tivan Vor E Dagharan.
Due to his interest in archeology, he has written many essay and articles pertaining to archeology and the study of it.