INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WILLIAM SAROYAN TO KICK OFF IN ARMENIA ON OCTOBER 6

ARKA
Sep 10, 2008

YEREVAN, September 10. /ARKA/. An international workshop on the 100th
anniversary of Armenian-American writer William Saroyan will take
place in Armenia on October 6-10, the RA Ministry of Culture reports.

"The conference is an attempt to delve deeper into Saroyan’s literary
heritage," said Karo Vardanyan, head of the cultural policy department
of the RA Ministry of Culture.

Local and foreign writers, as well as literary critics from 25
countries will participate in the workshop. The organizers of the
conference are the Union of Writers of Armenia, Yerevan-based Brusov
State Linguistic University and the RA Ministry of Culture.

Saroyan (1908-1981) was born in Frezno, California, to a family of
Armenian immigrants.

The young playwright made his breakthrough after publishing
"The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1934) in the Story
Magazine. Saroyan’s first play "My Heart’s in the Highlands" was
published in 1939.