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The book by Armenian writer named fiction bestseller in Bulgaria

September 6, 2018 By administrator

Narine Abgaryan book

The books of famous Armenian-Russian writer Narine Abgaryan have been named the most popular in Bulgaria in 2017, while her novel “Three Apples fell from Heaven” was named the year’s fiction bestseller. As the press department at the foreign ministry reported, a special meeting honoring the famous write was organized by “Yerevan” organization and “Labyrinth” Bulgarian Publishing House in Sofia. It was attended by members of the Armenian community, intellectuals and art workers.

The event was attended by the Armenian Ambassador to Bulgaria Armen Sargsyan.

During the event works by the writer that had been translated into Bulgarian were presented After the presentation a Q/A session took place, where Narine Abgaryan responded to numerous questions from the auditorium, speaking of her childhood in hometown Berd, the prototypes of her heroes, the Armenian Genocide and the Karabakh conflict among other things.

It is noted that from September 5-7, similar meetings will take place in Plovdiv, Stara Zagora and Burgas towns.

To add, Narine Abgaryan was born in 1971 in Berd, Armenia, to the family of a doctor and a school teacher. She graduated from Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences with a teacher’s diploma in Russian Language and Literature. Abgaryan is the author of eight books, including her bestselling and prize-winning (Manuscript of the Year 2010 and Russian Literature Prize) trilogy about Manyunya, a busy and troublesome 11-year-old in the small Armenian town of Berd. Abgaryan’s other book for children, Semyon Andreich, received the BABY-NOSE from New Literature Prize in 2013, as the best children’s book of the decade. Narine Abgaryan is also the editor of several anthologies of modern Russian prose. Since 1993, Narine has lived in Moscow with her husband and son.

 

Source Panorama.am

Filed Under: Books, News Tagged With: book, Narine Abgaryan

Turkish Intellectuals Who Have Recognized the Reality of the Armenian Genocide Volume II

May 7, 2018 By administrator

Searched and Compiled by Hambersom Aghbashian, 

This book is Volume II of a very important study which sheds light on Armenian and Turkish history. 50 additional Turkish intellectuals (Turkish historians, physicians, artist, human rights activists, journalists and others ) who support justice to Armenians and justice to the world, and have recognized the reality of the Armenian Genocide,  blamed the Ottoman Empire for the perpetrated atrocities, and asked the Turkish government to admit the Armenian Genocide and  apologize for that, and even to make reparations to the victims ancestors, are researched and comprehensively presented by the author. It includes a work, which  puts history in the right perspective and proves the veracity of the Genocide. This is Volume II . Volume I was published in 2015.   

Volume II is also  published by “Nor Or Publishing Association, Inc.” and printed in USA.

For copies contact:
-“Nor Or Publishing Association, Inc.”   (Email: Nor-Or@sbcglobal.net),

-The Author ( Email: hampomg@yahoo.com). 

-https://www.amazon.com

Filed Under: Articles, Books, Genocide Tagged With: book, Newly, published

Richard Dawkins to give away copies of The God Delusion in Islamic countries

March 20, 2018 By administrator

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

Author and the Centre for Inquiry planning free ebook versions of his books in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian following a ‘stirring towards atheism’ in some Islamic countries

Richard Dawkins is responding to what he called the “stirring towards atheism” in some Islamic countries with a programme to make free downloads of his books available in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian.

The scientist and atheist said he was “greatly encouraged” to learn that the unofficial Arabic pdf of the book had been downloaded 13m times. Dawkins writes in The God Delusion about his wish that the “open-minded people” who read it will “break free of the vice of religion altogether”. It has sold 3.3m copies worldwide since it was published in 2006 – far fewer than the number of Arabic copies that Dawkins believes to have been downloaded illegally.

The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science recently merged with the Washington DC-based Center for Inquiry. Dawkins said the CFI decided on “a more systematic programme” of translating his work in ebook form following “stirrings toward atheism in Iran and other Islamic countries”. It will be the first time his work has been made available in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and other languages of Islamic countries.

The first book to be translated will be River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life, which tackles evolution and which is Dawkins’ shortest book. The Center for Inquiry hopes the new versions will be available on its website by the end of this year. It will steer clear of books that already have legitimately published translations.

“We are choosing languages, not counties,” said Dawkins. “The pdfs may, of course, be downloaded by anybody in any country, but we imagine most Urdu downloads will be in Pakistan, most Indonesian downloads in Indonesia and Malaysia, and most Farsi downloads in Iran.”

 

Filed Under: Articles, Books Tagged With: book, Richard Dawkins

Did you know that the very first book in Armenian was born in Venice in 1512?

February 8, 2018 By administrator

Filed Under: Articles, Books Tagged With: Armenian, book, Venice in 1512

Killing Orders book Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide “PRE-ORDER your copy today”

January 26, 2018 By administrator

Authors: Akçam, Taner

  • Verifies archival evidence previously dismissed as being ‘fake’ in order to refute the on-going denial of the Armenian Genocide
  • Argues that the sanctioning of the genocide can finally be proven through official documents
  • Summarises meticulous research undertaken by one of the most respected, award-winning names in the field

The book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide the documentary evidencesurrounding it. This book provides a major clarification of the often blurred lines between facts and truth in regard to these events. The authenticity of the killing orders signed by Ottoman Interior Minister Talat Pasha and the memoirs of the Ottoman bureaucrat Naim Efendi have been two of the most contested topics in this regard. The denialist school has long argued that these documents and memoirs were all forgeries, produced by Armenians to further their claims. Taner Akçam provides the evidence to refute the basis of these claims and demonstrates clearly why the documents can be trusted as authentic, revealing the genocidal intent of the Ottoman-Turkish government towards its Armenian population. As such, this work removes a cornerstone from the denialist edifice, and further establishes the historicity of the Armenian Genocide.

to Order: http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319697864

Filed Under: Articles, Books, Genocide Tagged With: armenian genocide, book, Killing Orders

LA Times journalist writes book about Kirk Kerkorian

January 15, 2018 By administrator

kirk kerkorian book

kirk kerkorian book

The US-based National Association for Armenian Studies and Resrearch is going to host a presentation of a book dedicated to Kirk Kerkorian.

The author of the biographical novel is William Rempel, a veteran journalist of The Los Angeles Times, who described the casino tycoon as a a controversial personality who was genious without having education and ready for  business ties and risky affairs despite being shy, Rusarminfo.ru reports.

Kerkorian, traditionally referred to as the Las Vegas King, died on June 16, 2015

Filed Under: Articles, Books Tagged With: book, Kirk-Kerkorian

St Petersburg residents recommended to read Armenian author

December 29, 2017 By administrator

A St Petersburg-based publication recommends its readers a book by an Armenian animation artist as an effective remedy to overcome the post-holiday stress.

In the novel entitled “The House Where …”, Mariam Petrosyan depicts a complex and multi-layer labyrinth full of risky and fantastic adventures allowing one to get lost out of sight for weeks (at times even years) and forget about everything that makes people nervous or ill-tempered.

The author of the article, published in Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedemosti, emphasizes the calming effect of the book (despite the setting which is described as a boarding house for children with disabilities).

The novel brought fame to Petrosyan, the grand-granddaughter of famous Armenian painter Martiros Saryan.

The publication proposes also other literature, especially 19th century British classics and modern English writers, recommending against reading contemporary Russian authors.

 

Filed Under: Articles, Books Tagged With: book, Mariam Petrosyan

‘Forced into Genocide:’ An Armenian daughter completes her father’s legacy

November 10, 2017 By administrator

Forced into Genocide

Adrienne G. Alexanian with her mother and father, Yervant and Grace Alexanian. Contributed

By Gail Marshall,

Who lives?  Who dies? Who tells your story?

The haunting chorus of Lin Manuel Miranda’s ending to “Hamilton” swirls through my mind during my early-dawn reading of “Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army” by Yervant Alexanian.

I read it in one sitting, preparing for a presentation at Fresno State Tuesday by the book’s editor, Adrienne, Alexanian’s daughter. Her speech comes one day before his birthday, Nov. 15, 1895. He died in 1983. Perhaps she can take a moment on his birthday to sit in the exquisite Armenian Genocide Memorial at Fresno State. It would make a lovely photo.

Alexanian will fly in from her home in New York City to discuss this gripping and unique eyewitness account of a conscripted soldier forced to serve under the flag of the country that would put 51 members of his family to death. He kept his detailed journal a secret even from his family. And those stories would remain unknown to this day had it not been for his daughter, who discovered a cache of mysterious pages written in Armenian among her father’s belongings after he died.

One of the presentations in southern California will take place at Abril Bookstore on Thursday evening, November 16, 2017 at 7:30 PM, co-sponsored by Abril Bookstore and the Armenian Assembly of America. This event is free and open to the public. Additional information about the 11/16 presentation is attached to this note. Direct: 818.291.6466 Cell: 818.817.1714 mihran@aaainc.org

If you live in the central San Joaquin Valley, you know the basic framework of the Armenian holocaust. There were systematic massacres by Ottoman Turks of about a million and a half Armenians between 1915 and 1923. Many escaped to the United States, and Fresno was a refuge.

We hear an unrelenting drumbeat from their sons and daughters for the U.S. to officially declare this horror a genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Turks and yet that remains denied. But they will not stop until their families’ sufferings are acknowledged. Fresno’s libraries and Bee files are filled with their memoirs, advocacy, poetry and artwork in honor of their slain relatives.

This book, however, is unique from all other stories. No comparable account is chronicled in Armenian Genocide literature, according to the scholars who have reviewed it. There are rare documents and photographs included. One reviewer said he shares not only the suffering of the victims but also the suffering of survivors.

Alexanian turned to a professor in Fresno State’s Armenian studies department, Dr. Sergio La Porta, for the introduction. This remarkable daughter is an accomplished woman herself, an educator and a 2010 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Reading Alexanian’s memoir is far more than a recounting of history. We can see ourselves – today – in this story. The descriptions of the brutality faced by the refugees are all too fresh, for they are in our news reports constantly. From the memoir:

“I witnessed … pogroms and massacres of Armenians, in full view of Western troops. I saw with my own eyes Armenians jump into the sea and swim toward the Allied battleships stationed offshore, which represented Christian nations, thinking the ships would save them…

Many of the battleships turned on their hot-water hoses to keep these poor souls away, causing them to drown. Only a Japanese battleship was willing to throw down the rope ladder and rescue Armenians.”

The survivors and their progeny have made it their communal goal to make sure no one forgets what is often called “a murderous stain on humanity.”

And with that, we welcome Adrienne Alexanian to Fresno and thank her for sharing this gift not only to the Armenian people, but all of us as well.

How did you discover your father’s story?

They say that “life is what happens when you’re making plans.” My only plan was to archive my father’s papers and memorabilia as chairman of four Armenian organizations. I then found numerous booklets, individual papers, rare documents in Ottoman Turkish and Armenian and one-of-a-kind pictures and surmised what I had, since my father never told my mother or me that he had written his own memoir. This was confirmed when I had all of the papers translated by two professional translators.

What was the biggest surprise you discovered in the memoir?

My father didn’t talk about his experiences in the Armenian Genocide because he didn’t want to traumatize me, so instead he wrote about them. He did say that he escaped a firing squad and that playing the bugle saved his life, while 51 members of his family were killed, but didn’t elaborate.

What surprised me was how detailed his memoir is and how his experiences are backed up with not only the details but also with documents and pictures.

It also surprised me that his experiences were so much more devastating than I had imagined.

What was the most difficult part of this immense project?

I not only edited the book but collaborated with the translator for over a year to make sure that every detail was included in my father’s memoir and also that the words accurately conveyed what my father intended.

Actually, the easiest part was getting the book published since Transaction, the first publisher I contacted, grabbed it since there are no other books in literature on this aspect of the genocide … the survival of an Armenian man conscripted into the Ottoman Turkish Army.

The Valley has many people of Armenian descent. What special meaning would you like them to get from this?

I know that Armenians in Fresno strongly embrace their heritage and promote it. We always point to Fresno as a model since Armenians here have achieved so much success, not only personally, but also in the wider community.

My father’s memoir reinforces the fact that Armenians are a strong people who can survive the most traumatic events, like the Armenian genocide, and go on to realize the American dream. The majority of my father’s life in America was spent advocating for recognition of the Armenian Genocide and keeping our language and heritage alive.

I hope, too, that my father’s story encourages those Armenians who are not now part of advocacy groups to join and promote genocide recognition and the rest of Armenia’s agenda.

Describe the array of feelings this brought up for you as a daughter.

Of course, hearing about the brutality toward my father, his family and my people was very difficult to hear. Not only I, but the translators had to stop reading because our tears flowed on several occasions.

It angers me that not only has Turkey refused to admit that the Ottoman Empire is responsible for the genocide of 1 ½ million Armenians from 1915-1923, but it’s also not officially recognized by Israel, despite the fact that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust, which was patterned after the Armenian genocide, nor the U.S. government despite the fact that 47 states have officially recognized it.

It saddens me that I will never get to know so many members of my father’s family and their potential offspring.

What about this project has brought you the most joy, gratitude or satisfaction?

My father always wanted his story told. If he were alive today, he would humbly say that he is just the messenger to tell a bigger story…that of the Armenian Genocide. My father’s memoir “Forced into Genocide” accomplishes both of my father’s goals.

I’m also very grateful that well-respected scholars such as Israel Charny, who wrote the foreward, and Sergio La Porta, who wrote the introduction, are involved in the book. There are endorsements from high-profile, well-respected men such as Taner Akcam, Vartan Gregorian, Eric Bogosian, congressman Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, and Andrew Goldberg.

I’m also grateful that interest in my father’s memoir has been so positive that Amazon sold out of three units and is re-ordering a fourth.

Gail Marshall is the Acting Editor of the Editorial pages for The Fresno Bee. Connect with her at gmarshall@fresnobee.com.

Filed Under: Articles, Books, Genocide Tagged With: book, Forced into Genocide

Renowned Jewish historian to present his Armenian Genocide book in France

October 28, 2017 By administrator

Well-known Israeli historian and will speak at the National Center for Armenian Remembrance, in Décines-Charpieu commune of Lyon, France, informed the official website of this center.

Auron will deliver remarks on the occasion of the French-language publication of his book, entitled Israel and the Armenian Genocide.

This work complements his previous book, entitled The Banality of Indifference and Denial, and analyzes the attitude over the last 100 years by Zionism and, subsequently, by Israel toward Armenian Genocide.

Filed Under: Articles, Books Tagged With: armenian genocide, book, humanist, Yair Auron

Authors Taner Akçam, New 2018 Book Killing Orders Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide

October 2, 2017 By administrator

This book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide the documentary evidence surrounding it. This book provides a major clarification of the often blurred lines between facts and truth in regard to these events.

The authenticity of the killing orders signed by Ottoman Interior Minister Talat Pasha and the memoirs of the Ottoman bureaucrat Naim Efendi have been two of the most contested topic in this regard. The denialist school has long argued that these documents and memoirs were all forgeries, produced by Armenians to further their claims. Taner Akçam provides the evidence to refute the basis of these claims and demonstrates clearly why the documents can be trusted as authentic, providing more evidence as to the intent of the Ottoman-Turkish government towards its Armenian population. As such, this work removes a cornerstone from the denialist edifice, and further establishes the historicity of the Armenian Genocide.

http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319697864

Filed Under: Books, Genocide, News Tagged With: book, Killing Orders, Taner Akçam

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