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Getting to Know Knarik Meneshian
The Armenian Weekly staff conducted the following interview with Knarik Meneshian, a longtime contributor to the Weekly and the author of the recently published book A Place Called Gyumri.
Knarik O. Meneshian was born in Austria. Her father was Armenian, and her mother was Austrian. She received her degree in literature and secondary education in Chicago, Illinois. In 1988, she served on the Selection Committee of the McDougal Littell “Young Writers Collection—Grades 1–8, an antholo
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Thank you for this revealing interview with Mrs. Meneshian. She has a beautiful way of describing live scenes and her latest book “‘A Place Called Gyumri’” is captivating from page 1. I found it less expensive to purchase on Hayrenik (https://hairenik.com/shop/a-place-called-gyumri-life-in-the-armenian-mountains-paperback-by-knarik-o-meneshian/) than on Amazon.
The book took me along through the daily life of the people of Gyumri. I’m sure it was encouraging to the locals and professions to have concern and love come to them from far away. With the story of Gyumri I got to visit a piece of time in the daily expressions of the people of Gyumri Armenia. Thanks to the Hairenik and Knarik for documenting their lives.
Karin – wonderful to read your articles!!
My father, Dee Sahag would have been pleased.
So nice to hear from you, Nora. I remember your dear parents, and the whole family, with great fondness.