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Nshan Erganian, a local author, spent more than a year researching World War I and the subsequent Armenian Holocaust to set the stage for his latest novel, “Prince of Armenia.”
That research paid off, as the book, which is based on the true story of his grandmother and father fleeing Amasia, Armenia, during this mass genocide of their people by the Ottoman Empire, was recently approved to be carried at the Armenian Prelacy Bookstore in New York, one of the largest ethnic bookstores in the U.S.
Erganian has had two other novels published, “Keeper of the Mountain,” and “Desperate Reunion … The Promise,” both of which were fictional stories.
But “Prince of Armenia,” published by Amazing Things Press, was a bit more personal. So much so that the 73-year old author would travel 1,200 miles to meet with his 95-year-old uncle to gather more details for the story.
“My ancestry is Armenian. I actually wrote the book to pass something on to future generations so that the story of the Armenian people did not die out,” he said. “My father once told me some of the incidents and events that took place when he was a child in Armenia when the Ottoman Empire — the Turks — invaded the country of Armenia and perpetuated the first genocide of the 20th century when they annihilated 1.5 million Armenians.”
Before his death, Erganian’s father told him stories about the “death march,” where he and other Armenians were given 10 minutes to pack up all of their belongings before being shuffled to a concentration camp. Those marching were expected to die before reaching the destination.
“That sad story opened up a whole window of opportunity for me to learn about my ancestry and the history of the Armenian people,” Erganian said.
He spent a year taking notes, reading books and researching WWI online before he realized he hadn’t put any words to paper regarding his novel. He originally believed writing a story based on true events would be simpler than writing a fictional one, but he realized quickly how wrong he was.
Yet, the strong connection he had to the story pushed him forward.
“I think I owed it to not only my parents but to other Armenians who sacrificed themselves so that I could be here today,” he said. “I should have done it years ago, to tell the story and pass it on to other generations.”
“Prince of Armenia” as well as other books written and autographed by the author, can be purchased by calling 816-279-1486. The cost is $13. The books also are featured on Amazon.com and Kindle.
http://www.newspressnow.com/life/local-author-s-work-featured-in-major-bookstore/article_5f029a9c-4f2e-52b8-b1aa-9f2ab14f54cb.html
, Yerevan
“Free Citizen” Civic Initiative Support Center created short documentary, dedicated to the Youth Civic Activism in Armenia and Georgia during the last few years. The film was created with the support of International Visegrad Fund and the Netherlands Government in the framework of the Project “Young Activist” Young Civic Activists Capacity Building in Social Campaigning. More than 200 young activists in Armenia and 100 – in Georgia was trained during the Project.
“Free Citizen” CISC implemented the Project “Young Activist” in partnership with Public Movement Multinational Georgia, People in Need (Czech Republic) and SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus Resource Center (Poland). The final stage of the project coincided with the Velvet Revolution in Armenia.
The Movie with English titers is available via link:
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« C’est une sacrée bonne nouvelle ! » André Manoukian ne cache pas son ressenti au lendemain de l’annonce par Emmanuel Macron d’une journée de commémorations du génocide arménien. Le chanteur d’origine arménienne nous confie : « Je ne vais pas bouder mon plaisir ! »
C’était une de ses promesses de campagne. Le chef de l’État, s’exprimant face à 300 invités au dîner annuel du Conseil de coordination des organisations arméniennes de France (CCAF), a annoncé ce mardi soir que la France allait faire du 24 avril une « journée nationale de commémoration du génocide arménien ».
Cette date commémore la « rafle des intellectuels » du 24 avril 1915, lorsque des centaines d’entre eux avaient été arrêtés puis massacrés par des ottomans. L’Arménie estime qu’au total 1,5 million de ses compatriotes ont été tués sur ordre d’officiers turcs entre 1915 et 1916.
Le génocide arménien est déjà reconnu officiellement en France depuis la loi du 19 janvier 2001. « La France, c’est d’abord et avant tout ce pays qui sait regarder l’histoire en face, qui dénonça parmi les premiers la traque assassine du peuple arménien, qui dès 1915 nomma le génocide pour ce qu’il était, qui en 2001, à l’issue d’un long combat », a rappelé Emmanuel Macron.
Cette nouvelle annonce « est un pas supplémentaire et ça va au-delà du symbole, même si c’est un acte moins majeur que la reconnaissance de 2001 », juge auprès du Parisien Florent Parmentier, chercheur en géopolitique à Sciences Po et spécialiste de la région.
De quoi en tout cas satisfaire la communauté arménienne vivant en France, forte de plusieurs centaines de milliers d’habitants, et dont Charles Aznavour – décédé le 1er octobre dernier – était l’une des figures principales. « Y’a tellement de gens que ça va réjouir », s’enthousiasme André Manoukian, présent au dîner mardi soir. « La France est un exemple dans le monde concernant le génocide arménien », s’est réjouit pour sa part le co-président du CCAF Mourad Papazian.
Sans surprise, la Turquie s’est agacée de cette décision. « Nous condamnons et refusons les tentatives de Monsieur Macron, qui connaît des problèmes politiques dans son pays, de transformer en affaire politique des faits historiques pour sauver la mise », a réagi ce mercredi matin un porte-parole du président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan, n’hésitant pas à renvoyer Emmanuel Macron aux Gilets jaunes. « On va peut-être en rester à cette condamnation classique et attendue, sauf si le pouvoir turc a des occasions de s’en servir politiquement dans ses relations avec la France », avance Florent Parmentier.
LIRE AUSSI >Erdogan : la Turquie « n’acceptera jamais » les accusations de génocide arménien
D’autant que les sujets de frictions avec Ankara sont nombreux, comme l’a lui-même rappelé le président français : situation en Syrie, lutte contre le groupe Etat islamique, droits de l’homme, etc. « Il y a tout un tas d’enjeux avec la Turquie qui pourra aussi mettre en avant le rôle historique et peu glorieux de la France dans certains conflits, comme en Algérie ou au Rwanda, pour défendre ses propres intérêts et s’en prendre à la France », précise le chercheur.
Cette nouvelle journée de commémorations relance le débat sur l’adoption en France d’une loi pénalisant le négationnisme du génocide arménien. Un tel projet a été voté à plusieurs reprises par le Parlement, en 2012 et en 2016, mais à chaque fois aussitôt censuré par le Conseil constitutionnel.
Les « Sages » y voyaient une entrave à la liberté d’_expression_ et justifiaient que le génocide arménien n’avait pas été qualifié par une juridiction internationale. « Je l’ai toujours en travers de la gorge car c’est ce qui nous importe le plus », glisse, amer, André Manoukian.
Yervant Gianikianand Angela Ricci Lucchireturn to MoMA, nearly a decade after their 2009 retrospective, with this poignant portrait completed by Gianikian following the death of Ricci Lucchi, his lifelong partner and collaborator, earlier this year. The intricate, affective montage, structured around readings of Ricci Lucchi’s illustrated diaries, embodies the tenets of the pair’s political cinema. Since the 1970s, Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi’s vivid manipulation of archival images of war and repression in the 20th century ran parallel with an urgency to infuse bygone images with immediacy—to treat them as “object[s] of the present.” A sustained meditation on memory and the passage of time, the film opens up a life in images—travelogues in Turkey, Armenia, and Russia; quietly touching domestic moments; and footage of the pair surrounded by their work in recent exhibitions—to new meanings. Simultaneously a private gesture, a living catalog, and a grand filmic document, Angela's Diariesevokes Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi through both their radical artistic vision and a shared love of life.
Organized by Sophie Cavoulacos, Assistant Curator, Department of Film
Support for the exhibition is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation and Steven Tisch, with major contributions from Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), Yuval Brisker Charitable Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Karen and Gary Winnick, and The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art.
Monday, February 11, 4:00 p.m.
ՀՀԿ նախագահի առաջին տեղակալ, ՀՀԿ ԳՄ անդամ Վիգեն Սարգսյանը, ՀՀԿ նախագահի տեղակալ, ՀՀԿ ԳՄ անդամ Մուշեղ Լալայանը, ՀՀԿ խոսնակ, ՀՀԿ ԳՄ անդամ Էդուարդ Շարմազանովը, ՀՀԿ ԳՄ անդամ Վահրամ Բաղդասարյանը և ՀՀԿ խորհրդի անդամ Արտակ Զաքարյանը փետրվարի 5-ին հյուրընկալվել են ՀՀ ՌԴ արտակարգ և լիազոր դեսպան Սերգեյ Կոպիրկինին:
Հանդիպման ընթացքում անդրադարձ է կատարվել հայ-ռուսական դաշնակցային հարաբերությունների փոխգործակցության հետագա զարգացման հարցերին: Երկուստեք կարևորվել է նմանատիպ հանդիպումների պարպերաբար կազմակեպման անհրաժեշտությունը:
In establishing this day of Armenian Genocide commemoration, President Macron is fulfilling his well-known pledge to honor French citizens of Armenian descent, French Foreign Ministry’s official said during a daily briefing.
Asked whether Turkey had responded to the decision, the MFA representative said: “We have had several opportunities to exchange views with the Turkish authorities on this issue. They have been informed of our positions just as we have been informed of theirs.”
Investigative Committee chief’s adviser steps down
14:02, 7 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, ARMENPRESS. Sona Truzyan, the adviser to the Investigative Committee president, has resigned.
Spekaing to ARMENPRESS, Truzyan said she had tendered her resignation back in January.
“During this period I continued fulfilling my duties until the resignation was accepted. I intend to continue my future activities in the private sector,” she said.
Truzyan did not give further details.
Sona Truzyan was with the Investigative Committee from the Aghvan Hovsepyan era, the former president of the agency.
Hayk Grigoryan, the incumbent president of the Investigative Committee, was appointed to office in July 2018.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan