POET GEVORG GILANTS’ BILINGUAL COLLECTION PUBLISHED IN MOSCOW

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Aug 15 2006

MOSCOW, AUGUST 15, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On the initiative
of the "Mitk" Armenian Youth Union of Moscow and with the assistance
of the "Russian-Armenian Concord" Moscow regional organization,
the presentation of the "Fly, My Beast" collection of poems of poet
Gevorg Gilants, graduating student of the Higher Literature Courses
of the Literature Institute after M.Gorky, took place on August 11
at the Brusov House-Museum (museum of "silver century").

As they stated at the editorial office of the "Yerkramas" (country)
newspaper of Armenians of Russia, Svetlana Vasilenko, the Board
Chairwoman of the Union of Russian Poets, and prose-writer, scenario
writer Armen Zurabov made speeches at the presentation. Gilants’
book puts side by side not only Armenian and Russian lines, it’s
a bilingual book, a book of poems and translations, standing side
by side. Gilants is an emphasized Armenian poet, traditions of the
Armenian culture and innovation characters of this poetry, everything
is indissolubly connected with Armenia. The following is written in
the postface to the collection: "Armenian poet Gilants does not sing
of Armenia. He has another nature of gift. He is ill of Armenia, he
suffers from it, he lives with it every minute. He strives to show
and shows it to Armenians, especially to those who does not know the
Armenian language, and says: "this is our riches, this is our poverty."