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Michael Hovhannisyan known by his pen name Nar-Dos, began his career as a writer in the 1880s starting with his poems, some of which were published in Araks (Saint-Petersburg) and "Sokhak Hayastani" collection. He also wrote stories, feuilletons and plays. Under the influence of Gabriel Sundukyan, Nar-Dos created the plays "Mayini gangaty", "Honey and flies" in 1886 and "Brother" in 1887. Under the pen name Mikho-Ohan he published "Tchshmarit barekamy" (Ճ
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)(1890) in "Nor dar" newspaper. In the stories and novels of his first period he mainly describes the urban life focusing on certain social groups ("Our District" (Մ
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)(1898) in which the author depicts the tragedy of an Armenian woman, "Struggle" (Պ
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)(1911) and "The Death" (Մ
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