Raffi (novelist)

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Raffi
Born	1835 Payajuk, Qajar Iran
Died	25 April 1888 (aged 53) Tiflis, Russian Empire (present-day Tbilisi, Georgia)
Occupation	writer, poet, novelist, essayist
Nationality	Armenian
Spouse	Anna Hormouz

Hakob Melik Hakobian (Armenian: Յակոբ Մելիք Յակոբեան (classical); 1835 – 25 April 1888), better known by his pen name Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի), was an Armenian author and leading figure in 19th-century Armenian literature. He is considered one of the most influential and popular modern Armenian authors. His works, especially his historical novels, played an important role in the development of modern Armenian nationalism. Ara Baliozian described him as Armenia's "greatest novelist of the 19th century."^[1]