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AUTHOR OF LARK FARM TO PRESENT NEW BOOK ON GENOCIDE SURVIVORS' TRAGEDY
tert.am
07.09.12
Antonia Arslan, an Italian writer best known for her book Lark Farm,
is going to speak of a new book in on Thursday, September 27.
According to Asbarez, the presentation of the book, The Road to Smyrna,
will take place at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium.
Antonia Arslan is an Italian author and academic of Armenian origin.
She was born in Padova, Italy. In 2004 she stunned the literary world
with her first novel La Masseria delle Allodole, which was translated
as The Skylark Farm into twenty languages. She is the winner of over
twenty literary awards, including the Passate Edizioni Premio (PEN)
award, the Premio Manzoni, and the Premio Stresa di Narrativa awards.
She has since published La Strada di Smirne (2007), Il cortile dei
Girasoli Parlanti (2011), and a third Armenian novel, Il libro di Mush
(The Book of Mush, 2012).
The Road to Smyrna features a barren Armenian homeland in Anatolia.
The developments occur in 1916. The last of that ancient people is
marching to Der Zor. Shushanig Arslanian and her four children are
hiding in a cellar in Aleppo after their dramatic escape. Yerwant
Arslanian is in Padova, organizing their transportation to Venice. The
war is still raging, and going very badly for the Ottomans.
The program is sponsored by the Library, Arts & Culture Department,
the Friends of the Glendale Public Library and the Center for Armenian
Remembrance in cooperation with Abril Books.
tert.am
07.09.12
Antonia Arslan, an Italian writer best known for her book Lark Farm,
is going to speak of a new book in on Thursday, September 27.
According to Asbarez, the presentation of the book, The Road to Smyrna,
will take place at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium.
Antonia Arslan is an Italian author and academic of Armenian origin.
She was born in Padova, Italy. In 2004 she stunned the literary world
with her first novel La Masseria delle Allodole, which was translated
as The Skylark Farm into twenty languages. She is the winner of over
twenty literary awards, including the Passate Edizioni Premio (PEN)
award, the Premio Manzoni, and the Premio Stresa di Narrativa awards.
She has since published La Strada di Smirne (2007), Il cortile dei
Girasoli Parlanti (2011), and a third Armenian novel, Il libro di Mush
(The Book of Mush, 2012).
The Road to Smyrna features a barren Armenian homeland in Anatolia.
The developments occur in 1916. The last of that ancient people is
marching to Der Zor. Shushanig Arslanian and her four children are
hiding in a cellar in Aleppo after their dramatic escape. Yerwant
Arslanian is in Padova, organizing their transportation to Venice. The
war is still raging, and going very badly for the Ottomans.
The program is sponsored by the Library, Arts & Culture Department,
the Friends of the Glendale Public Library and the Center for Armenian
Remembrance in cooperation with Abril Books.