He graduated from the Berberian College of Constantinople ( now Istanbul ) 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 '' ( Հայրենի Ձայներ ) . In 1914 he published the novel '' The Monastery '' ( Վանքը ) , dedicated to the power and victory of civilization and freedom . Among with a number of Armenian intellectuals he was arrested and killed in 1915
he was arrested and killed in 1915
Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915
Dikran Chökürian