HAKOB SIRUNI’S "AUTOBIOGRAPHIC NOTES" BOOK PUBLISHED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, AUGUST 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Hakob Sirunu’s memories and memory
sketches collected under the title "Autobiographic Notes" contain the
history of life of an intellectual who had seen the Genocide and
exile, his literary, scientific and public stormy activity. Henrik
Bakhchinian, the Art and Literature Museum Director presented the
collection in this way at the presentation taken place on August
11. According to him, Siruni was gifted with a special talent of
writing memories. During different periods of time he wrote
autobiographic notes, memories about a number of his
contemporaries. But, as the museum director mentioned, with his
numerous literary and scientific works, a part of his memories as well
were lost. H.Bakhchinian mentioned that H.Siruni came to the literary
and scientific arena in 1905-1907s, presenting himself as a poet,
historian, playwright, prose-writer, philologist, translator,
orientalist. He edited dozens of periodicals, correspond with more
than 100 titles of Armenian, French, Romanian newspapers and
journals. First in Turkey where he was born, and from 1922 to his
death in Romania, H.Siruni promoted a wide national-public activity as
well, presented himself as a publicist, lecturer, orator. It was also
mentioned that the Art and Literature Museum published the
"Autobiographic Notes" book under the patronage of Siruni’s brother
Grigor Jololian’s sons, Patrice, Claude and Eddie Jololians.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
