 On the other hand, although written in Turkish, Vartan Pasha's "Akabi's Story", because of its fully Armenian context, can also be considered as the first Armenian novel that saw print (Khachatur Abovian's "Wounds of Armenia" having been published in 1858).Hovsep Vartanian (), was born in 1813 to Catholic Armenian parents.At the age of 13, he set out for Vienna, where he was enrolled in the school of Mechitarists.