Sunday, January 26, 2014

Birth of Paruyr Sevak - January 26, 1924

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Paruyr Sevak was the successor of Yeghishe Charents in Soviet Armenian poetry, and was widely admired during his lifetime. Both had a shor...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Birth of Dikran Khan Kelekian - January 19, 1868

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The Assyrian reliefs of Genii and King Assurnasirpal, as well as the winged bull and lion from the ninth-century B.C. Palace of Assurnasir...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Birth of Sergei Parajanov - January 9, 1924

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"Everyone knows that I have three Motherlands. I was born in Georgia, worked in Ukraine and I'm going to die in Armenia," d...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Death of Vahan Terian (January 7, 1920)

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the lyrical production of Vahan Terian marked a new era in Eastern Armenian poetry. He was hailed...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Founding of Hantes Amsorya - January 1, 1887

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The two oldest Armenian periodicals of the world have been published since the nineteenth century and belong to the Mekhitarist Congregati...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Birth of Arpiar Arpiarian - December 21, 1852

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Arpiar Arpiarian was not only an influential Armenian writer of the nineteenth century, but also the pioneer of realism in Armenian literat...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Birth of Chahan de Cirbied - December 16, 1772

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The Institute Nationale des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations), commo...