  Tumanyan's 140th birthday celebrations to be held in Yerevan on Feb 19February 18, 2009 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The current week will be dedicated to Hovhannes Tumanyan , the great Armenian poet and writer. From Feb 16 to 23 open lessons, school events, quiz competitions dedicated to 140th birthday of the great writer will be held throughout Armenia. The main ceremonial celebrations are due on Jan 19. The day of celebration will start with the opening of a 2 day conference "Tumanyan's political Essays in modern parallels" in Charents Hall of Yerevan State University and "Tumanyan and the 21st century" in Northern University. In Dsegh village, the birthplace of Tumanyan, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will attend a gala opening of festivities cycle will take place, along with a traditional "A library on Wheels" program. The day of celebrations will end with a concert in Arno Babaganyan concert hall and gala ball in Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum House.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
