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    PRESIDENT SARGSYAN: TONINO GUERRA WAS ARMENIA'S GOOD FRIEND

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    March 21, 2012 - 20:56 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan extended
    condolences on the death of the prominent Italian poet, writer and
    screenwriter Tonino Guerra.

    "We lost a renowned culture worker, whose works spread joy, admiration
    and kindness not only in native Italy, but all over the world,"
    the President's telegram reads.

    Serzh Sargsyan also dwelt on Guerra's visits to Armenia, and relations
    between him and the Armenian people.

    "This Italian genius was a good friend of Armenia and the Armenian
    people," he noted.

    "On behalf of the Armenian nation, I express my deepest condolences to
    you, your family and the whole Italian nation. It's a big and painful
    loss. Tonino Guerra's genius works that the eternal values are the
    only consolation left," Presidential message to Tonino Guerra's
    family reads.

    Legendary Italian poet, writer and screenwriter Tonino Guerra died
    in Italy on Wednesday, March 21 at the age of 92, Adriano del Asta,
    RIA Novosti reported.

    Guerra, who wrote more than 100 screenplays, worked with such
    filmmakers as Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andrey
    Tarkovsky, Francesco Rosi and Theodoros Angelopoulos.

    Among the films he wrote or co-wrote are L'avventura, Red Desert,
    Blow-Up, Zabriskie Point, Amarcord, Nostalghia, Landscapes of the
    Mist and Exquisite Corpses. He earned Oscar nominations for Amarcord,
    Blow-Up and Casanova 70.


    From: Baghdasarian
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