EVENT DEDICATED TO MARK ARAX AND ARIS JANIGIAN TO BE HELD IN GLENDALE
NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY
APRIL 29, 2009
GLENDALE
An event dedicated to Mark Arax and Aris Janigian will be held at
Glendale Public Library on June 1.
Almost a century ago, in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide,
Yervant Janigian made his way from Turkey to the Great Central Valley,
and soon convinced his nephew, Aram Arax, to join him. Together they
began picking fruits and vegetables, and putting down roots. Today,
two generations later, their grandsons Mark Arax and Aris Janigian
offer probing reflections on the West.
Mark Arax is a contributing writer at Los Angeles magazine and a
former senior writer at the Los Angeles Times. He teaches nonfiction
writing at Claremont McKenna College.
Aris Janigian is a professor of humanities at the Southern California
Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. In 2007, he received Columbia
University’s Anahid Literary Award. His first novel Bloodvine was a
finalist for the William Saroyan International Writing Prize. He is
currently working on a third book.