Yerevan to host events dedicated to Alain Robbe-GrilletSeptember 30, 2010 - 19:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French Embassy Advisor on Cultural and Cooperation Issues Jean Paul Martin said that Catherine Robbe-Grillet will present several programs dedicated to her husband – author and scriptwriter Alain Robber-Crillet – in Yerevan. Yerevan will host a range of events, including screening of films, lectures and seminars dedicated to Alain Robbe-Grillet, Martin told a press conference in Yerevan. Catherine Robbe-Grillet noted for her part that her husband wrote over 10 scripts, including the most famous one – Last Year at Marienbad– which was awarded the best script prize at the Venetian Festival in 1961. The film will be screened in Yerevan. Paris and New York also hosted screening of the film as part of events dedicated to the writer. The press conference was followed by a seminar, during which Catherine Robbe-Grilliet held a cross-declamation of her works as well as those by her husband, thus mixing the past and present. Catherine Robbe-Grillet told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that Canada also hosted events dedicated to her husband. However, having Armenian roots, she decided to highlight the Armenian program. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |