Armenia celebrates Book-Giving Day
On February 19, Hovhannes Tumanyan’s birthday, Armenia celebrates Book-Giving Day.
The Day was initiated by the late President of the Writers’ Union Levon Ananyan and has been celebrated since 2008, according to a government decision.
On this day the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport and the Writers’ Union distribute books published and supported by the government to regional and community libraries, as well as the libraries of Artsakh and Javakhk.
Armenian communities worldwide hold a number of events: books are being donated to libraries, orphanages, schools in an attempt to restore the once important meaning of the book.
Today marks the 151st birth anniversary
of poet, writer, translator Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Born in the the village of Dsegh in Armenia’s Lori region, Tumanyan moved to Tiflis (now Tbilisi), which was the center of Armenian culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Tumanyan started writing when
he was 10-11 years old, but only became known as a poet in 1890, when his first
poetry collection was published.
Tumanyan’s first collection, Poems, published in Moscow in 1890, was a great success with literary critics.
Subsequently, all his collections would have the same generic title, with the exception of Harmonies, published in Tbilisi in 1896. Each volume included a number of previously published poems, to which new ones were added.
The literary technique, unique to Tumanyan, makes him an outstanding storyteller, who masterfully commands verse and word.
Today on Twitter
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should indeed be marked with a special competition. Send us your translation of any of Hovhannes Tumanian’s piece into English, Russian or your preferable language. The prize will coincide with the message of the day. So looking forward!
And #Azerbaijan just sent 80,000 masks to #China to boot: #coronavirus
32 years ago, these days, the #Karabakhmovement began. With mass demonstration the people of #Artsakh demanded from the Soviet Union the withdrawal of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) from the #Azerbaijan SSR and its reunion with the Soviet #Armenia.
#selfdetermination
Today, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia Mr. Arman Tatoyan @atatoyan met w/ Mr. Birger Karlsson, Minister-Counsellor, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Sweden in Armenia @SwedeninArmenia.
#Armenia #Sweden
11 out of the 75 members of the regional legislature perished between 1992-93 during the war in #Karabakh
In Memoriam: A Parliament at War by @emil_sanamyan for #FocusOnKarabakh
Bako Sahakyan convened working consultation in the #Martouni regional center
https://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/121446/bako-sahakyan-convened-a-working-consultation-in-the-martouni-regional-center.html
#Artsakh
On March 31 #Artsakh people votes in General Elections, testament 2 #EarnedSovereignty Democratic ideals & statehood.
Thus,@mfankr launches accreditation& invites journalists 2 aid Dem processes by following events on the ground
#Karabakh #ArtsakhVotes2020
http://www.nkr.am/en/media-accreditation
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