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BOOK GIVING MUST BECOME LIFESTYLE, CHAIRMAN OF WRITERS UNION OF ARMENIA CONSIDERS
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, ARMENPRESS: It is already four years that the
all-Armenian Book Giving Day is marked February 19 thanks to the
efforts of the Writers Union of Armenia. Levon Ananyan, Chairman of
the Writers Union of Armenia, said this is a successful initiative.
Armenian Ministries of Education and Science and Culture have already
joined it, organizing "Admission with Book" series of events.
"It means that the movement of book giving is not only a matter
of intellectual, public and strategic significance," Levon Ananyan
told Armenpress.
Armenian writers implement different projects on book giving in
different establishments of the capital, in provinces, military units.
Chairman of the Writers Union of Armenia emphasized that the goal
of the Writers Union is to turn the ritual of book giving into a
lifestyle, a national program.
In answer to the question of Armenpress' correspondent the Chairman
of the Writers Union said the favorite Armenian author of all time
is Tumanyan and the foreign one is Shakespeare.
Levon Ananyan assured that thanks to Tumanyan's verses the crystallized
wisdom of Armenian people is conveyed to generations.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, ARMENPRESS: It is already four years that the
all-Armenian Book Giving Day is marked February 19 thanks to the
efforts of the Writers Union of Armenia. Levon Ananyan, Chairman of
the Writers Union of Armenia, said this is a successful initiative.
Armenian Ministries of Education and Science and Culture have already
joined it, organizing "Admission with Book" series of events.
"It means that the movement of book giving is not only a matter
of intellectual, public and strategic significance," Levon Ananyan
told Armenpress.
Armenian writers implement different projects on book giving in
different establishments of the capital, in provinces, military units.
Chairman of the Writers Union of Armenia emphasized that the goal
of the Writers Union is to turn the ritual of book giving into a
lifestyle, a national program.
In answer to the question of Armenpress' correspondent the Chairman
of the Writers Union said the favorite Armenian author of all time
is Tumanyan and the foreign one is Shakespeare.
Levon Ananyan assured that thanks to Tumanyan's verses the crystallized
wisdom of Armenian people is conveyed to generations.
From: A. Papazian