PRESS RELEASE

National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
395 Concord Ave.
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: 617-489-1610
E-mail: hq@naasr.org
Contact: Marc Mamigonian

NEW PUBLICATION FROM NAASR’S
ARMENIAN HERITAGE PRESS

The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research proudly
announces the publication by the Armenian Heritage Press of Hagop:
An Armenian Genocide Survivor’s Journey to Freedom by Theodore
Kharpertian.

A Remarkable Chronicle of an Unusual Journey

Hagop recounts the life of Hagop Kharpertian, the sole survivor in
his family of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, in which more than one
million Armenians perished at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.

Written by his son in the form of a memoir, covering nearly a century
and spanning locales from Asia Minor and the Middle East to Europe
and the United States, Hagop represents the odyssey of one man’s
lifelong struggle and tenacity: the Genocide and his miraculous
but bitter childhood survival; the uncertain and difficult years
of transition from Malatia, his birthplace in Turkey, to Asnieres,
his home in France; and the surprising decision after World War II
to settle and raise a family in the United States.

A Family Saga Across Three Continents

Both a historical account and a poignant family saga of sorrow and joy,
of loss and triumph, Hagop is a tale of crime without punishment –
the Genocide – and the narrative of a remarkable life and its impact
on a new, American-born generation.

The author, Theodore Kharpertian, was born in Jersey City, New
Jersey, in 1949. He is currently Professor of English at Hudson County
Community College, where he has been a full-time faculty member since
1979, and has taught at Rutgers University in Newark. He received
his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from McGill University in Montreal and did
his undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition
to Hagop, he is the author of A Hand to Turn the Time: The Menippean
Satires of Thomas Pynchon, and his poetry has appeared in Talisman:
A Journal of Contemporary Poetry and Reviews, for which he serves as
Associate Editor. He lives with his family in Montclair, New Jersey.
Hagop, his father, also resides in New Jersey and remains active at
age 97.

Hagop is available at NAASR’s Armenian Book Clearing House.

More information about Hagop, or NAASR and its programs for the
furtherance of Armenian studies, research, and publication may be had
by calling 617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing hq@naasr.org,
or writing to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.