Dikran Chökürian
Dikran Chökürian was an ethnic Armenian writer and teacher, editor of the journal Vostan and a victim of the Armenian Genocide.
He graduated from the Berberian College of Constantinople in 1907 and then worked as a teacher in Armenian schools. Chokurian became known in 1910 with the publication of a collection of short stories entitled Voices from the Homeland. In 1914 he published the novel The Monastery, dedicated to the power and victory of civilization and freedom. Among with a number of Armenian intellectuals he was arrested and killed in 1915.
