Erukhan based one of his humorous characters in the novel “The Lord’s Daughter” (Armenian: Ամիրային Աղջիկը) on the school’s principal: Constantine Abantarian.

[citation needed] In 1886, Erukhan's father pushed him to pursue a career in medicine but a family friend persuaded him to enroll his son in the newly opened Central College (Armenian: Կեդրոնական Վարժարան).

[citation needed] During the next two years, Erukhan devoted himself to reading a multitude of novels from various European and Armenian writers, he also became fluent in the French language.

He eventually started writing his own material, and his talent was spotted by the great Armenian writers of the time Zohrab and Arpiarian.

In 1904, Erukhan moved to Egypt where he took charge of the editing of Light Bringer (Armenian: Լուսաբեր) newspaper.

[citation needed] Erukhan wrote many short stories describing the hard yet simple life of fishermen, firemen and porters.

This author didn’t look to the aristocracy for his storylines, but instead embraced the commoner as his main source of character depictions.

[citation needed] Erukhan was convinced that work and hard labor truly molded men into better people and made them better able to appreciate life.

Five years later, he moved to Kharberd (Nor Kyurin) (Armenian: Խարբերդ) where he took an administrative role in a local school.

Արդի հայական գրականութիւն Բ հատոր, [Modern Armenian literature Volume II], 2002, pg.