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CHRIS BOHJALIAN TO RECEIVE FREEDOM AWARD AT 7TH ANNUAL ANCA EASTERN REGION BANQUET
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12:55 10.09.2013
The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region will be
honoring best-selling author Chris Bohjalian with its highest honor,
the prestigious ANCA Freedom Award, at the 7th Annual ANCA Eastern
Region Banquet on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the DoubleTree by
Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia.
"Really, I am deeply and profoundly honored," stated Bohjalian upon
learning he will be presented with the award.
Since 2007, the ANCA Freedom Award has been presented to former U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia John M. Evans, Pulitzer Prize winning author Dr.
Samantha Power, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the late U.S. Senator
Edward M. Kennedy, former U.S. Senator Robert Dole, former U.S.
Senator Elizabeth Dole, and Baroness Caroline Cox.
Bohjalian is the critically acclaimed author of 16 books, including
nine New York Times bestsellers. His work has been translated into
more than 25 languages and three times became movies.
"We're honored to present Chris Bohjalian the Freedom Award for
his continuous efforts to raise the public's consciousness on
the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide," said ANCA Eastern Region
Board chairperson Nora Kzirian. The Freedom Award is presented to an
individual who has made tremendous contributions toward recognition
of the Genocide and who has pursued other issues of importance to
the Armenian American community.
His new novel, "The Light in the Ruins," debuted as a New York Times,
Publishers Weekly, and national Indiebound bestseller. The book is a
re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet set in Tuscany at the end of World
War II.
His epic novel of the Armenian Genocide - "The Sandcastle Girls"
- was published in paperback in April. His books have been chosen
as Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, the Hartford Courant, Publishers Weekly, Library
Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage, and Salon.
His awards include the ANCA Arts and Letters Award for "The Sandcastle
Girls," presented at the 2012 ANCA Western Region Banquet, as well
as the Saint Mesrob Mashdots Medal; the New England Book Award for
"The Night Strangers"; the New England Book Award; a Boston Public
Library Literary Light; a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award;
and the Anahid Literary Award. His novel "Midwives" was a number
one New York Times bestseller, a selection of Oprah's Book Club,
and a New England Booksellers Association Discovery pick.
Bohjalian has written for a wide variety of magazines and newspapers,
including the Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, and
the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. He has been a weekly columnist in
Vermont for the Burlington Free Press since February 1992.
Bohjalian graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Amherst
College, and lives in Vermont with his wife, the photographer Victoria
Blewer, and their daughter Grace. They are passionate supporters
of Homeward Bound (the Addison County Humane Society), Burlington's
Committee on Temporary Shelter, Concord Academy, the United Church
of Lincoln, and a small elementary school in rural Armenia, where
this year they are funding a new fresh water and plumbing system.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/10/chris-bohjalian-to-receive-freedom-award-at-7th-annual-anca-eastern-region-banquet/
12:55 10.09.2013
The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region will be
honoring best-selling author Chris Bohjalian with its highest honor,
the prestigious ANCA Freedom Award, at the 7th Annual ANCA Eastern
Region Banquet on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the DoubleTree by
Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia.
"Really, I am deeply and profoundly honored," stated Bohjalian upon
learning he will be presented with the award.
Since 2007, the ANCA Freedom Award has been presented to former U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia John M. Evans, Pulitzer Prize winning author Dr.
Samantha Power, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the late U.S. Senator
Edward M. Kennedy, former U.S. Senator Robert Dole, former U.S.
Senator Elizabeth Dole, and Baroness Caroline Cox.
Bohjalian is the critically acclaimed author of 16 books, including
nine New York Times bestsellers. His work has been translated into
more than 25 languages and three times became movies.
"We're honored to present Chris Bohjalian the Freedom Award for
his continuous efforts to raise the public's consciousness on
the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide," said ANCA Eastern Region
Board chairperson Nora Kzirian. The Freedom Award is presented to an
individual who has made tremendous contributions toward recognition
of the Genocide and who has pursued other issues of importance to
the Armenian American community.
His new novel, "The Light in the Ruins," debuted as a New York Times,
Publishers Weekly, and national Indiebound bestseller. The book is a
re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet set in Tuscany at the end of World
War II.
His epic novel of the Armenian Genocide - "The Sandcastle Girls"
- was published in paperback in April. His books have been chosen
as Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, the Hartford Courant, Publishers Weekly, Library
Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage, and Salon.
His awards include the ANCA Arts and Letters Award for "The Sandcastle
Girls," presented at the 2012 ANCA Western Region Banquet, as well
as the Saint Mesrob Mashdots Medal; the New England Book Award for
"The Night Strangers"; the New England Book Award; a Boston Public
Library Literary Light; a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award;
and the Anahid Literary Award. His novel "Midwives" was a number
one New York Times bestseller, a selection of Oprah's Book Club,
and a New England Booksellers Association Discovery pick.
Bohjalian has written for a wide variety of magazines and newspapers,
including the Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, and
the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. He has been a weekly columnist in
Vermont for the Burlington Free Press since February 1992.
Bohjalian graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Amherst
College, and lives in Vermont with his wife, the photographer Victoria
Blewer, and their daughter Grace. They are passionate supporters
of Homeward Bound (the Addison County Humane Society), Burlington's
Committee on Temporary Shelter, Concord Academy, the United Church
of Lincoln, and a small elementary school in rural Armenia, where
this year they are funding a new fresh water and plumbing system.