Hrachya Kochar

Hrachya Kochar
BornHrachya Gabrielyan
(1910-01-19)19 January 1910
Kumlubucak, Erzurum vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died(1965-05-02)2 May 1965
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter, publicist
NationalityArmenian
Alma materYerevan State University
Notable awardsRed Star Award, National Prize of Armenian SSR

Hrachya Kochar (Armenian: Հրաչյա Քոչար; 19 January 1910 – 2 May 1965), born Hrachya Kochari Gabrielyan, was an Armenian writer and publicist. He won the first state prize of the Armenian SSR for his novella Patriarch (Nahapet), which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1977.