ONE OF NOVELS OF TURKISH WRITER ELIF SHAFAK TO BE TRANSLATED INTO
ARMENIAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. At the international exhibition-fair of
books held in Salonika Armenian publishers reached an agreement with
their Turkish colleagues to translate one of the novels of Turkish
writer Elif Shafak, which presents the history of an Armenian family
having experienced the Armenian Genocide. As Noyan Tapan correspondent
was informed by Vahan Khachatrian, Chairman of National Association of
Armenian Publishers, it has not been decided yet who will translate the
Turkish writer’s work into Armenian.

V. Khachatrian said that in the recent years countries participating in
international exhibitions provide funds to publishers of another
countries for spreading their literature in various languages. In
particular, at this exhibition Turks offered 2-12 thousand dollars to
publishers of various countries for translation of each of their books.

European countries also implement similar programs in Armenia.
Particularly, over the past 15 years nearly 150 books were published by
Frenchmen. "It is time that the Armenian authorities also provide funds
for this purpose, in order to spread works of Armenian writers in
various languages all over the world," V. Khachatrian said.