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"PRIOR TO THE AUCTION OF SOULS" NOVEL TO BE PRESENTED AT AGMI
armradio.am
09.12.2008 15:10
On December 10, the presentation of the cartoon style "Prior to the
Auction of Souls" novel by Tigran Mangasaryan will take place in the
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute's hall named after Komitas. The
book is written on the basis of the eyewitness of Armenian genocide
Aurora Mardiganyan's memoirs titled as "Ravished Armenia," which was
first published in 1918 in New York in English.
In one of the first documentary memoirs of the eyewitness of Armenian
genocide, the author, survivor of the Genocide Arshaluys (Aurora)
Mardiganyan from Chmshkatsag gave a detailed account of the terrible
experiences she endured during the genocide.
In 1918 in California, at "Metro Goldwin Mayer" studio, director
Oscar Apfel made a silent film "Auction of Souls," which actually
became the first genocide movie, based on Aurora Mardiganyan's memoirs.
The premiere of the "Auction of Souls" was held on February 16, 1919,
in Plaza Hotel, New York under the auspices of Oliver Harriman and
George Vanderbilt, members of American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief.
Tigran Mangasaryan's graphical novel was published in connection of
the 90th anniversary of the shooting of "Auction of Souls.
armradio.am
09.12.2008 15:10
On December 10, the presentation of the cartoon style "Prior to the
Auction of Souls" novel by Tigran Mangasaryan will take place in the
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute's hall named after Komitas. The
book is written on the basis of the eyewitness of Armenian genocide
Aurora Mardiganyan's memoirs titled as "Ravished Armenia," which was
first published in 1918 in New York in English.
In one of the first documentary memoirs of the eyewitness of Armenian
genocide, the author, survivor of the Genocide Arshaluys (Aurora)
Mardiganyan from Chmshkatsag gave a detailed account of the terrible
experiences she endured during the genocide.
In 1918 in California, at "Metro Goldwin Mayer" studio, director
Oscar Apfel made a silent film "Auction of Souls," which actually
became the first genocide movie, based on Aurora Mardiganyan's memoirs.
The premiere of the "Auction of Souls" was held on February 16, 1919,
in Plaza Hotel, New York under the auspices of Oliver Harriman and
George Vanderbilt, members of American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief.
Tigran Mangasaryan's graphical novel was published in connection of
the 90th anniversary of the shooting of "Auction of Souls.