Py'ly' Poughi

Py'ly' Poughi (Armenian: Պըլը Պուղի, verbatim: daft Paulus, 1731, Avetaranots village, Askeran province - 1810) was an Armenian satirist and fabulist from Karabakh.

Py'ly' Poughi
Born1731
Avetaranots village, Askeran province
Died1810
CitizenshipVaranda Melikdom
Occupationsatirist, fabulist

Biography

Py'ly' Poughi was born in Avetaranots village of Karabakh. He served as a jester in the court of Melik Shahnazar - the ruler of Varanda Principality. He created funny stories and fables, which, told from mouth to mouth, have been modified and supplemented, reaching modern days under his name. One of the elders of Karabakh Rev. Makar Barkhoudaryants wrote down 189 Py'ly' Poughi storis and fables and published them in 1883 in Tbilisi under the title "Py'ly' Poughi". Later, new records were published by other folklore specialists (S․ Israyelyan, M․ Grigoryan-Spandaryan). Translations, literary modifications and narratives of Py'ly' Poughi's stories have also been published, the most popular being Sero Khanzadyan's "Py'ly' Poughi".[1] His stories and fables, serving as fun and banter, have healthy preceptorial, moralistic tendencies, exposing the vicious aspects of everyday life and social relations of his time.

Legacy

It is believed that Py'ly' Poughi's grave is located in a cave between Shosh and Mkhitarashen villages, where his statue was erected in 1976. Many materials about Py'ly' Poughi are preserved at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yeghishe Charents Museum of Literature and Art and elsewhere.[2] Armenian Centre of PR development is planning to reanimate Py'ly' Poughi, along with Gyumri's Poloz Mukuch, in a new multi-language animated film series, taking the example of films about Nasreddin.[3]

See also

References
  1. Khanzadyan, Sero Nigolay (1988). Պըլը-Պուղի: Զրույցներ : [Դպրոցական բարձր տարիքի համար] (in Armenian). Արեւիկ. ISBN 9785807700285.
  2. "AV Production - Պըլը Պուղի". avproduction.am. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  3. "Արցախցի Պլը Պուղին և գյումրեցի Պոլոզ Մուկուչը կվերակենդանան նոր անիմացիոն ֆիլմաշարում". 168.am (in Armenian). 2017-04-05. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-30.


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