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    The Aghassi of our times
    By Hovhannes Yeranian

    Yerki/arm
    March 04, 2005

    On March 1, in the Writers Union in an atmosphere of concealed
    emotions and speechless admiration, the 50th birthday of Samvel
    Shahmuradian was celebrated.

    Shahmuradian was a member of the Writers Union, a Supreme Council
    deputy, writer, journalist and publicist who went to the war and was
    martyred. The school on Tsarav Aghbyur street that has been renamed
    after Samvel Shahmuradian serves as the house-museum of the
    writerâ~@~Ys literary and military biography.

    On the same day Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys collection of articles titled Our
    Sweet Land was presented to the public. Editor of the collection
    Grigor Janikian called the author â~@~a soldier of his
    homelandâ~@~]. â~@~What remains is the land and the people who live
    on that land,â~@~] Shahmuradian once wrote.

    This is why president of the Writers Union Levon Ananian called the
    Homeland as the best place for commemoration of the writer. Alice
    Hovhannissian called the collection of articles â~@~a book of
    soldier ascetismâ~@~]. â~@~We would like to see the
    soldier-writerâ~@~Ys frontline chronicles published,â~@~]
    Hovhannissian added.

    Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys unpublished diaries are currently being edited for
    publication. Publicist Margo Ghukassian emphasized the modern
    resonance of Samvel Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys articles. â~@~Whatever he
    wrote, he wrote it for the modern timesâ~@~].

    Academic Vladimir Barkhudarian described the writerâ~@~Ys life as a
    brilliant example of healthy attitude towards the dictate of the
    homeland. He should have been the hero of our times, and he will be
    the hero, and the writerâ~@~Ys colleagues and critics agreed in this.
    And this is why the patriot writer was called Aghassi of our times.

    Theater critic Khachatur Avagian and writer Hrachya Matevossian
    emphasized the importance of naming one of the streets in Yerevan
    after Samvel Shahmuradian. Alice Hovhannissian noted that
    Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys biography should be included in the literature
    textbooks studied at schools as an example of unconditional devotion
    to the homeland to be transferred to the next generations.

    The commitment to remember the writer and soldier born on the first
    day of spring, to tell about him and emphasize the importance of the
    heritage he left unified many people that attended the celebration
    and all of them wanted to share words of consolation and
    glorification with Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys mother, his wife and children.

    --Boundary_(ID_SHXEXtBK9WhemfzfzRLtDQ)--
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