ANTONIA ARSLAN AWARDED GOLD MEDAL OF ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.03.2010 17:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Antonia Arslan, famous Italian novelist of Armenian
descent, Armenologist and professor of Modern and Contemporary Italian
Literature at Padua University was awarded Gold Medal of the Armenian
Ministry of Culture. The medal was handed by the Armenian Ambassador to
Italy Rouben Karapetyan at ceremony was held at the Armenian Embassy
in Rome. This was the first award of the Armenian government to the
famous novelist. The event was attended by Paolo Taviani, director
of the feature film "The Lark Farm" based on Antonia Arslan’ novel,
as well as representatives of the Armenian community of Italy, press
office of RA Foreign Ministry reported.

The feature film "The Lark Farm" dedicated to the Armenian Genocide
in Ottoman Empire in 1915 was produced by renowned Italian directors
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film featured some episodes of Antonia
Arslan’ autobiography.