HOVHANNES TUMANYAN’S TBILISI HOUSE CLOSED FOR HIS DESCENDANTS AND ADMIRERS
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.02.2009 19:40 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On Feb. 18, festivities were held to celebrate
the 140th birthday of outstanding Armenian poet and writer Hovhannes
Tumanyan.
The celebration started with the wreath laying ceremony and memorial
liturgy in Tumanyan’s pantheon.
"The celebrations were expected to be continued in Tumanyan Public
Library. But the current owner of the rooms, where the writer’s
cabinet, and later on, the library were located holds the doors
shut," Hovhannes Tumanyan’s great granddaughter Yelena Kolesnikova
told PanARMENIAN.Net.
The festivities were attended by the representatives of the Armenian
community in Georgia, and Armenian delegation including ex-Minister
of Science and Education Sergo Yeritsyan, Armenian Social Security
Fund representative Vazgen Khachikyan and Tumanyan expert Susanna
Harutyunyan.