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NEW SELECTION OF POEMS BY VAHAN TEKEYAN PUBLISHED IN ARMENIA
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/08/30/new-selection-of-poems-by-vahan-tekeyan-published-in-armenia/
Arts | August 30, 2012 10:15 am
Edmond Azadian signs books.
YEREVAN - During his last visit to Armenia, Edmond Azadian, vice
president of the Tekeyan Cultural Association, Inc., presented to the
public at Tekeyan Center his compiled, edited and annotated book of
selected poems by Vahan Tekeyan in Armenian.
Present at the event were Armenia's Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosian,
President of the Armenian Academy of Sciences Radik Mardisrosian,
Dean of Yerevan State University Aram Simonian, Dean of Pedagogical
Institute of Armenia Rouben Mirzakhanian and Azg daily editor Hagop
Avedikian. Samvel Muratian pre- sented Vahan Tekeyan's poems in the
con- text of the period he lived, adding that the poems are as pointed
now as they were a century ago, when they were written.
In his speech, Azadian said that the book is going to be published
in English this fall, in Detroit, translated by Gerald Papasian and
John Papazian.
During the presentation, Nora Azadian, the only person in the hall
who had met Vahan Tekeyan in Egypt, recited two of his poems, the
translated names of which are "The Armenian Soul" and "My Only One."
Avedikian thanked the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Portugal
and its Armenian Department Director Zaven Yegavian for funding the
publication of the book.
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/08/30/new-selection-of-poems-by-vahan-tekeyan-published-in-armenia/
Arts | August 30, 2012 10:15 am
Edmond Azadian signs books.
YEREVAN - During his last visit to Armenia, Edmond Azadian, vice
president of the Tekeyan Cultural Association, Inc., presented to the
public at Tekeyan Center his compiled, edited and annotated book of
selected poems by Vahan Tekeyan in Armenian.
Present at the event were Armenia's Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosian,
President of the Armenian Academy of Sciences Radik Mardisrosian,
Dean of Yerevan State University Aram Simonian, Dean of Pedagogical
Institute of Armenia Rouben Mirzakhanian and Azg daily editor Hagop
Avedikian. Samvel Muratian pre- sented Vahan Tekeyan's poems in the
con- text of the period he lived, adding that the poems are as pointed
now as they were a century ago, when they were written.
In his speech, Azadian said that the book is going to be published
in English this fall, in Detroit, translated by Gerald Papasian and
John Papazian.
During the presentation, Nora Azadian, the only person in the hall
who had met Vahan Tekeyan in Egypt, recited two of his poems, the
translated names of which are "The Armenian Soul" and "My Only One."
Avedikian thanked the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Portugal
and its Armenian Department Director Zaven Yegavian for funding the
publication of the book.