TRIBUTE TO HRANT MATEVOSYAN ON 75TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Friday, 12 February 2010

Hrant Mateviosyan would be 75 today, if he were alive. On his 75th
birth anniversary, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan went to the pantheon
after Komitas to pay homage to the famous writer.

In attendance were scholars, political figures, art workers,
writers, theatrical actors, teachers and schoolchildren. Speeches
were delivered by Armenian Writers’ Union chairman Levon Ananyan and
well-known publicist Zori Balayan. Honored artist Azat Gasparyan and
the pupils of the school after Hrant Matevosyan recited extracts from
Matevosyan’s novels.