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Armenian Studies Program, CSU Fresno
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
Book Presentation-`Vahan Tekeyan: Selected Poems' (English and Armenian)
`Vahan Tekeyan-Hadendir' (Armenian)
with guests Edmond Azadian, Dr. Arpi Sarafian, and Tamar Hovhannisyan
The Armenian Studies Program is presenting two new books about famed
Armenian poet Vahan Tekeyan (1878-1945) at a special event to be held
at 7:30PM on Friday, September 19, in the University Business Center,
Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the Fresno State campus.
The lecture is the second in the Fall Lecture Series of the Armenian
Studies Program and is co-sponsored by the Tekeyan Cultural
Association of Fresno. The Lecture Series is supported by the Leon
S. Peters Foundation.
Author and literary critic Edmond Azadian, editor of the newly
released =80=9CVahan Tekeyan: Selected Poems,' will speak about the
significance of the volume. `Vahan Tekeyan' was published as volume 5
in the Armenian Series, under the general editorship of Prof. Barlow
Der Mugrdechian. The Armenian Series part of the The Press at
California State University, Fresno.
At the presentation, Tamar Hovhannisyan of Carmel will discuss a
second book, `Vahan Tekeyan-Hadendir' (in Armenian), also edited by
Edmond Azadian.
Guest speaker Dr. Arpi Sarafian (California State University, Los
Angeles) will speak about Vahan Tekeyan's poetry.
Edmond Azadian has had a long career in journalism, as editor of Arev
newspaper in Cairo, and has worked with Baikar Armenian Daily and the
Armenian Mirror-Spectator . From 1972-2010 he served as the Director
of the Armenian Affairs Department at the Alex and Marie Manoogian
Foundation in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author of numerous books
including History on the Move and Portraits and Profiles .
The lecture is free and open to the public. Free public parking is
available after 7:00PM at Fresno State Lots P5 and P6, near the
University Business Center.
For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
Book Presentation-`Vahan Tekeyan: Selected Poems' (English and Armenian)
`Vahan Tekeyan-Hadendir' (Armenian)
with guests Edmond Azadian, Dr. Arpi Sarafian, and Tamar Hovhannisyan
The Armenian Studies Program is presenting two new books about famed
Armenian poet Vahan Tekeyan (1878-1945) at a special event to be held
at 7:30PM on Friday, September 19, in the University Business Center,
Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the Fresno State campus.
The lecture is the second in the Fall Lecture Series of the Armenian
Studies Program and is co-sponsored by the Tekeyan Cultural
Association of Fresno. The Lecture Series is supported by the Leon
S. Peters Foundation.
Author and literary critic Edmond Azadian, editor of the newly
released =80=9CVahan Tekeyan: Selected Poems,' will speak about the
significance of the volume. `Vahan Tekeyan' was published as volume 5
in the Armenian Series, under the general editorship of Prof. Barlow
Der Mugrdechian. The Armenian Series part of the The Press at
California State University, Fresno.
At the presentation, Tamar Hovhannisyan of Carmel will discuss a
second book, `Vahan Tekeyan-Hadendir' (in Armenian), also edited by
Edmond Azadian.
Guest speaker Dr. Arpi Sarafian (California State University, Los
Angeles) will speak about Vahan Tekeyan's poetry.
Edmond Azadian has had a long career in journalism, as editor of Arev
newspaper in Cairo, and has worked with Baikar Armenian Daily and the
Armenian Mirror-Spectator . From 1972-2010 he served as the Director
of the Armenian Affairs Department at the Alex and Marie Manoogian
Foundation in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author of numerous books
including History on the Move and Portraits and Profiles .
The lecture is free and open to the public. Free public parking is
available after 7:00PM at Fresno State Lots P5 and P6, near the
University Business Center.
For more information about the lecture please contact the Armenian
Studies Program at 278-2669, or visit our website at
www.fresnostate.edu/armenianstudies.