7 September 1892(1892-09-07) (aged 61) Nakhichevan-on-Don, Russian Empire
Pen name
Gamar Katipa
Occupation
writer
Raphael Patkanian (Armenian: Ռափայէլ Պատկանեան,[a] 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1830 – 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1892), also known by the penname Gamar Katipa (Գամառ Քաթիպա),[b] was a nineteenth-century Russian Armenian writer and educator. He was born into a noted family of Armenian intellectuals in Nakhichevan-on-Don and began writing in his student years. He gained popularity for his poetry, much of which is written on patriotic themes.
^Oshagan, Vahé (1997). "Modern Armenian Literature and Intellectual History from 1700 to 1915". In Hovannisian, Richard G. (ed.). The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times. Vol. 2. Basingstoke: Macmillan. p. 162. ISBN0-333-61974-9.
^See, for example, this episode in which both pronunciations can be heard: Bogdan Atanesyan (director); Hovhannes Yeranyan (screenwriter) et al. (2013). "Mer metserě: Rafayel Patkanyan" Մեր Մեծերը․ Ռաֆայել Պատկանյան. Mer metserě (in Armenian). 1:15, 1:34 minutes in. AR TV.
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