The Chick

He was born in the village of Gharaboya in the Pambak district (which now bears the name Khnkoyan). He received his primary education in his native village, then at the city school of Alexandrapol (now Gyumri). In 1890–1910 he was a teacher. In 1911 he moved to Tiflis and worked at Stepan Lisitsyan's boarding school. He contributed to the periodicals "Ashkhatavor" (Worker), "Nor ashkhatavor" (New Worker), "Aghbyur" (Spring), "Machkal" (Ploughman), "Hasker" (Ears of Grain) and "Hayastani ashkhatavoruhi" (Working Woman of Armenia). He made his first literary attempts as a schoolboy. His first collection, "Banasteghtsakan portser" (Poetic Attempts), was published in 1890. After the establishment of Soviet rule Khnko Aper came to Armenia and carried out wide-ranging literary and cultural activity. Khnko Aper is the author of about 120 original and translated books. The works of Khnko Aper are distinguished by their folk manner of linguistic thought. A. Khnkoyan was awarded the title of Honored Children's Writer of the Armenian SSR, and in 1932 that of Honored Teacher of the Armenian SSR. He died in Yerevan.