Narek. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The message of Christ circulated in Armenia for over a century before it was written down in the alphabet devised by Mesrop Mashtots. The Armenite offers news, commentary, insight, and analysis on Armenian culture, politics, society, and history. Even more, as the word Asdvadzashoonch implies, the Armenian Church attaches great importance to the Bible and does not view it as just another book. The History of the Armenian Speaking People is an accessible read for those interested in reaching a better understanding of Armenian history. The novel is heartbreaking, with bursts of love, hardship, and the bonds of family created during times of great calamity. "Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Ba and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. This book was written with rage. Armenian-American women wrote novels too — Marjorie Housepian Dobkin and Nancy Kricroian are two very talented American-American women writers who wrote novels, and there are more who wrote outside of the novel genre. And in this Newbery Honor book, he tells the story of his mother, Veron Dumehjian, an Armenian girl from a well-off family forced to leave her home due to the 1915 Armenian Genocide. There’s a wealth of brilliant Armenian writers, and many of them are easily identifiable by the tongue-twisting surnames that end in I-A-N. Obviously, as a contributor to Book Riot, I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t share the wealth. [10] Post was not sent - check your email addresses! 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They’re all personal memoirs and what holds them together is that they are memoirs rooted in the tragic events of 1915: in the mass-deportation and killing of Armenians in the middle of the First World War and the fate of individuals after that. thats incredibly disappointing? Read about us, our principles, and questions we're frequently asked. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Magical incantations also form part of the book, including what should not be done on Fridays. (c) 2014-2021 by Iron Ladle Media. In a recent interview with Artsvi Bakhchinyan of the Armenian Weekly, Diana Der-Hovanessian, author of twenty-three books of poetry, including ten books of translations, said she translates poems she wishes she herself had written, or poems that are “pivotal in some historic aspect, and must be done.” * Hasmik A. Stepanyan, Հայատառ թուրքերէն գրքերի եւ հայատառ թուրքերէն պարբերական մամուլի մատենագիտութիւն (1727-1968) [Bibliography of books and the periodical press written in Armenian letter Turkish (1727-1968], Turkuaz, Istanbul, 2005, 651pp. I see you don’t monetize your website, don’t waste your traffic, you can earn extra Elif Safak Elif is Turkey’s bestselling female author, who is well known for her novels, portraying many cultures within Turkish society, including Armenian and Kurdish. We have four male authors one female, we have two books translated from Armenian, one translated form Turkish and two originally written in English. ARMENIAN History Genealogy Book - Written in Armenian - Vintage. Required fields are marked *. Thanks for your fine writing about David Kherdian’s “The Road From Home” His memoir “Root River Return,” has just been published, and there is very much in the book about his experiences growing up in an Armenian-American community in Racine, Wisconsin, in the 1930’s and 40’s. But later, historical documentation comes in with a kick and the conclusion is a forceful and passionate appeal. For about 250 years, from the early 18th century until around 1950, more than 2,000 books in the Turkish language were printed using the Armenian alphabet. The depository contains over 17,300 manuscripts, 450,000 archive documents and 3,000 ancient books written in Armenian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Old Slavonic, Ethiopic and Japanese. There are a … These volumes comprise a collection of papers by Michael E. Stone, written over a period of 35 years. It starts off as a nonfiction memoir about an Armenian-American family and a young man’s transformation into adulthood. 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