This Week In Armenian History
Friday, August 25, 2017
Death of Silva Kaputikian (August 25, 2006)
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Silva Kaputikian was one of the most popular Armenian women writers of the twentieth century, as well as a long-time political activist. ...
Friday, August 18, 2017
Birth of Hagop Vartovian (August 18, 1830)
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The foundation of Turkish theater is linked to a controversial name: Hagop Vartovian. He was bor...
Friday, August 11, 2017
Death of Grigor Harutiunian (Gorgin Khan, August 11, 1763)
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The trade network centered in Nor Jugha, the suburb of Persian capital Ispahan founded in 1604 by Shah Abbas I after the forced migration ...
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Birth of Shahan Shahnour (August 3, 1903)
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At the end of the 1920s, a group of young French Armenian writers started a movement towards the renewal of Armenian literature. The inn...
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Birth of Alice Sapritch (July 29, 1916)
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Alice Sapritch (her name was originally spelled Sapric, the Turkish spelling of the Armenian word saprich/ սափրիչ “barber”), was a French ac...
Friday, July 21, 2017
Death of Stepanos Siunetsi (July 21, 735)
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Stepanos Siunetsi was a very prolific medieval author and translator, as well as an important figure of the Armenian Church. He was the s...
Friday, July 14, 2017
Birth of Pierre Quillard (July 14, 1864)
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Pierre Quillard was a French poet and translator, but he is equally known for his political engagement, especially to the Armenian Cause. ...
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