Topic: Literature
By Harry Keyishian Special to the Mirror-Spectator Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian was born in Ruse, Bulgaria in 1895. His father, Sarkis Kouyoumdjian, had established a successful import company in the city[...]
WESTWOOD, Calif. — On April 16, 18, and 23, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Peter Balakian read at Claremont McKenna College, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Fresno State respectively.[...]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA), the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center will host Literary Lights 2024, their second[...]
“So I’m not crazy? Or if I am, I’m not alone.” “That last part looks more like it.” The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan’s The Gray House (amazon crossing, 2017) opens[...]
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — It is with profound sorrow that the Central Board of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of the United States and Canada and the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party[...]
By Kristine Melkonyan YEREVAN — The 28th Vahan Tekeyan Awards ceremony of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of Armenia, supported by the Shake Tekeyan-Ghazarian Fund of the TCA of the United[...]
YEREVAN – Ziné (Mamoyan) is one of most extraordinary people I have met. This Yezidi beauty was born in Ashtarak, Armenia, raised in the village and in the mountains, received[...]
The United States of America has been portrayed as the land of freedom and opportunity, a refuge for the oppressed and the poor. Immigrants from all over the world come[...]
By Steve Hauk PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — The following remembrance of William Saroyan and John Steinbeck by journalist and writer Steve Hauk first appeared at SteinbeckNow.com on June 19, 2021.[...]
YEREVAN / SAMARA, Russia — Russian poet and writer Artsvi Shahbazyan was born in 1992 in Kirovakan (now Vanadzor, Armenia), to an athlete and a reserve officer. In 2000, his[...]