UNESCO TO MARK 100TH BIRTHDAY OF VICTOR HAMBARTSUMYAN AND WILLIAM SAROYAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.07.2007 17:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The UNESCO has included celebration of the 100th
birthday of renowned Armenian scientist astrophysicist Victor
Hambartsumyan and outstanding Armenian writer William Saroyan into
the list of events scheduled for 2008-2009. Official events will be
organized on the occasion, the RA MFA press office reports with a
reference to the national commission for UNESCO affairs in Armenia.
Academician Victor Hambartsumyan is the founder of the universally
known Byurakan observatory. He also made a number of unique
discoveries.
Writer William Saroyan is one of the classical scholars of modern
American literature.