BOOKS FROM ARMAN KOTIKIAN’S PERSONAL LIBRARY DONATED TO ARMENIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY
Gohar Julhakian
Yerkir.am
December 15, 2006
The daughter of the great Armenian actor and translator Arman Kotikian,
pianist Seda Kotikian visited the Armenian National Library.
She donated to the library 23 French books from her father’s personal
library including fiction books, dictionaries, etc.
"The National Library has contributions from the personal libraries of
great people – Alexander Myasnikian, Nikoghayos Mar, Leo. I am happy
that we now have some books from the great actor and translator Arman
Kotikian’s personal library. These books carry memories, and the return
of Arman Kotikian’s spirit and his presence is very important for me
at this moment," Director of the National Library Davit Sargsian said.
Seda Kotikian says her father often attended the National Library. "I
am sure my father would be happy to learn that his books were donated
to the National Library," Seda Kotikian says.
Arman Kotikian was born in 1896 in Trapizon. In 1925 he graduated
from the Sorbonne University. In 1932 he founded the Armenian Theater
in Paris.
Some of his best roles were those of Ogsen, Sur, Manuk Agha (in
Paronian’s Paghtasar Aghbar, and Honorable Beggars).
Kotikian also played in such films as Tjvjik, Boys from the Band,
Karine, and others.
Kotikian is the author of a number of poems, a study titled "Firdoussi
and his Shahname". He translated E. Rostan’s Serrano de Bergeraque,
E. Zola’s Theres Raque. Kotikian staged Paronian’s, Otian’s and
Kamsarakan’s plays.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
