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ERIC BOGOSIAN DISCUSSES CAREER, TEHLIRIAN PROJECT
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 15, 2012
YEREVAN
NEW YORK, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS: Eric Bogosian, the star of "Law &
Order-Criminal Intent" and the now cult-classic "Talk Radio," spoke to
an audience of about 100 people on February 2 at the Cornell Club in
New York about his artistic career, his Armenian background, and his
research project on Soghomon Tehlirian, the assassin of Talaat Pasha,
the mastermind of the Armenian Genocide, reports Armenpress citing
Asbarez.The event, "Searching for Tehlirian," was organized by the
New York Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Education and Cultural
Society, and was the inaugural lecture of the Hamazkayin Arts &
Letters Series. Bogosian started by talking about growing up in
Watertown, Mass. "My grandfather used to say that the whole world is
Armenian because we all are descended from Noah," he said to general
laughter. Bogosian's initial intent was to fictionalize Tehlirian's
assassination of Talaat in Berlin on March 15, 1921.
As he delved deeper into the topic, in the process amassing a library
of more than 1,000 volumes on Armenian history and related issues,
Bogosian discovered new angles to the genocide plan and the plot to
kill the masterminds of the genocide-plans that remain relatively
unknown. He saw the Armenian drama in a geopolitical context that
involved Germany, Great Britain, and the race to control Caspian and
Middle East oil, including Calouste Gulbenkian's role.
These and other new findings nudged Bogosian towards turning his
project into a non-fiction book, which will likely come out later this
year or in early 2013 as he continues his research and field studies.
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 15, 2012
YEREVAN
NEW YORK, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS: Eric Bogosian, the star of "Law &
Order-Criminal Intent" and the now cult-classic "Talk Radio," spoke to
an audience of about 100 people on February 2 at the Cornell Club in
New York about his artistic career, his Armenian background, and his
research project on Soghomon Tehlirian, the assassin of Talaat Pasha,
the mastermind of the Armenian Genocide, reports Armenpress citing
Asbarez.The event, "Searching for Tehlirian," was organized by the
New York Chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Education and Cultural
Society, and was the inaugural lecture of the Hamazkayin Arts &
Letters Series. Bogosian started by talking about growing up in
Watertown, Mass. "My grandfather used to say that the whole world is
Armenian because we all are descended from Noah," he said to general
laughter. Bogosian's initial intent was to fictionalize Tehlirian's
assassination of Talaat in Berlin on March 15, 1921.
As he delved deeper into the topic, in the process amassing a library
of more than 1,000 volumes on Armenian history and related issues,
Bogosian discovered new angles to the genocide plan and the plot to
kill the masterminds of the genocide-plans that remain relatively
unknown. He saw the Armenian drama in a geopolitical context that
involved Germany, Great Britain, and the race to control Caspian and
Middle East oil, including Calouste Gulbenkian's role.
These and other new findings nudged Bogosian towards turning his
project into a non-fiction book, which will likely come out later this
year or in early 2013 as he continues his research and field studies.