he was found out and thrown into a jail crowded with other Armenian notables. At this point, Tlgadintsi learned that his wife, six daughters, and son had already been sent to their deaths on the deportation routes. Nevertheless, under those grim circumstances he still managed to show a few flashes of his characteristic wit to lift the spirits of his fellow prisoners. On 20 June 1915, Tlgadintsi was murdered in a gorge near his birthplace in the course of the Armenian Genocide. Novels From Dark Corners Just One Glass I Have Done My Part References External links Tlgadintsi at Armeniapedia Photography and the Empty Landscape:Excavating the Ottoman Armenian Image World Armenian-language writers 1860 births People from Elazığ People who died in the Armenian genocide Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 1915 deaths 19th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire Date of birth missing