SECOND CONGRESS OF ARMENIAN WRITERS WRITING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 10-17
Noyan Tapan
Jun 27 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The second congress of the Armenian
writers writing in foreign languages will be held on October 10-17,
in which more than thirty Armenian writers from the U.S., Canada,
France, Switzerland, Lebanon, Iran and Turkey will take part. As Levon
Ananian, the Chairman of the Union of Writers of Armenia, informed
the Noyan Tapan correspondent, the first four days of the congress
under the title of "Identity and Literature" will be held in Armenia,
after which it will continue its work in Artsakh.
Anthology "Armenian writers writing in foreign languages" will be
published in Armenian within the framework of the cogress’ preparation.
It was mentioned that the majority of the participants will arrive in
Armenia for the first time. Besides the Armenian writers writing in
foreign languages, Diasporan Armenian writers from different colonies
of Diaspora will also take part in the congress.
L. Ananian also said that the writers will have meetings with
high-ranking officials of RA and NKR and will take part in the
Translators Holiday in Oshakan.