MONUMENT TO WILLIAM SAROYAN OPENED IN YEREVAN
Hasmik Dilanyan
"Radiolur"
13.12.2008 13:53
2008 has been declared Saroyan’s Year. The series of events held during
the year culminated in the opening of William Saroyan’s Monument at
the crossroads of the Mashtots Avenue and Moskovian Street in presence
of the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan.
The sculptor of the monument is David Yerevantsi, who was personally
acquainted with William Saroyan. The bronze statue pictures 54-year-old
Saroyan. According to the Minister of Culture, Hasmik Poghosyan,
the place was not chosen accidentally.
"Saroyan’s monument stands next to a number of renowned figures
– Martiros Saryan, Aram Khachatryan, Komitas, Sayat-Nova, Yervand
Kochar and Alexander Tamanyan. No one appeared here accidentally. None
of them lived in this world in vain, as Saroyan would say. In this
regard, having Saroyan’s statute here is extremely important. With his
kindness he will open the day of every citizen of Yerevan. Saroyan’s
look will be important for every person who will pass by the monument,"
Hasmik Poghosyan said.