ARMENIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Yerkir.am
January 12, 2007
The Writers’ Union of Armenia published three books at the end of last
year which were not appreciated as they should have been because of
the busy holiday period.
These were three volumes of modern Armenian literature published
in English – "Armenian Prose", "Armenian Drama", and "Armenian
Poetry". The volumes cover the whole spectrum of main tendencies in
modern Armenian literature.
The volume on Armenian Drama includes 11 plays of Armenian playwrights
that were translated and edited by the famous American Armenian
playwright, poet and director Hrant Margarian.
The volume on Armenian prose contains the works of 19 writers that
were translated by Diana Hambardzoumian and edited by the famous
Canadian Armenian writer and translator Hakob Khachikian.
The volume on Armenian prose contains the works of 49 poets ranging
from Silva Kaputikian to Narine Avetian. It is noteworthy, that the
volume also includes several poems by the chairman of the Writers’
Union Levon Ananian. The volume was translated by the American Armenian
poet Diana Ter-Hovhannissian.
More publications of Armenian literature in foreign languages will
follow.
Several publications in other European languages as well as in Persian
and Russian are ready to be published.