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Hamazkayin Boston Celebrates Hovhannes Toumanyan
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Hundreds celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of famed “All-Armenian Poet” Hovhannes Toumanyan on Tuesday night. “Every time a child opens a book written by Toumanyan, he comes back to life and accompanies him or […]
Culture
Hamazkayin ArtLinks 2019: Where Art and Authenticity Create a New Armenian Experience
It’s hard to believe that there ever was a time when the Hamazkayin ArtLinks retreat program didn’t exist. Since 2015, for just three whirlwind (some would say, sleepless) summer days, dozens of young Armenians from […]
Literary Corner
Janbazian’s ‘Saroyan in Armenian’ Translation Now Online
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Sosé & Allen’s Legacy Foundation recently announced the online release of Rupen Janbazian’s Western Armenian translation of two of William Saroyan’s short stories free and available to the public. The Saroyan in […]
Community News
Watertown Celebrates ‘Letter to Yerevan’
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Local Armenians recently celebrated the revival and first-ever English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s 1945 epic longform poem “Թուղթ առ Երեւան” (“Tught ar Yerevan”). “Something that was buried and dead has been resurrected,” said Letter […]
Local Spotlight
Local Spotlight: Meet the Author Behind ‘Kids Reading Armenian’
When her daughter Areni was just a year old, Taline Badrikian vividly remembers watching her on the baby monitor, just sitting in her room flipping through books by herself for 30 minutes at a time. […]
Community News
First Ever English Translation of Tzarukian’s ‘Letter to Yerevan’ Published by Hairenik Press
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Hairenik Press has announced the first ever publication of the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s long-form poem Letter to Yerevan («Թուղթ առ Երեւան» “Tught ar Yerevan”). The translation was a collaborative effort between […]