Harutyun Shmavonian
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Հարություն Շմավոնյան
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| birth_date = 1750
| birth_place = Shiraz, Persia
| death_date = 9 Feb. 1824
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| credits = Founder of Armenian journal Azdarar
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Harutyun Shmavonian ({{langx|hy|Հարություն Շմավոնյան}}) (born Shiraz, Persia in 1750 - died Madras, India 1824) was a priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the founder of the Armenian journalism through publishing of the Armenian newspaper Azdarar (Monitor).{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 October 2015 |title=October 16 is Armenian Press Day |url=https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2015/10/16/armenia-press/1463641 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.panorama.am |language=en}} The paper's first publication day was October 16th, now marked in Armenia as Armenian Press Day.{{Cite web |last=Yegavian |first=Tigran |date=2023-03-21 |title=What Is the Future for Armenian Media? |url=https://evnreport.com/opinion/what-is-the-future-for-armenian-media/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=EVN Report |language=en-US}} He was also the publication's editor.
Biography
Shmavonian born in 1750 in the Persian city Shiraz.{{Cite web |title=200 years ago, a priest from Armenia made headlines in Madras – The Times of India |url=https://en.armradio.am/2023/02/22/200-years-ago-a-priest-from-armenia-made-headlines-in-madras-the-times-of-india/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Public Radio of Armenia |language=en-US}} He moved in 1784 to Madras (now Chennai), India where he served as an Armenian priest. In 1789, he founded a second Armenian publishing house.
In the October 1794 he founded the Armenian journal Azdarar ({{langx|hy|Ազդարար}}). It was the first Armenian periodical publication ever published and Shmavonian is considered a pioneer because of his initiative and he was called the father of Armenian journalism. Financing of the new publication had been secured, but the number of readers was not very large. Shmavonian went on to publish 18 issues of "Azdarar" before it stopped in 1796.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-02 |title=The Museum of Printing in Yerevan |url=http://typeand.press/new-blog/2017/10/20/the-museum-of-printing-in-yerevan |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Type & Press |language=en-US}}
Harutyun Shmavonian died in 1824.
See also
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External links
- [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Haroutiun_Shmavonian Haroutiun Shmavonian] in Armeniapedia.org
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120815015447/http://www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au/armenians/prominent_p8.html HyeEtch - ev. Fr. Haruthiun Shmavonian]
- {{in lang|ru}} [http://ru.hayazg.info/%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%BD Энциклопедия фонда "Хайазг"]
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