Anna Barseghyan awarded with Best Author of New Millennium medalNovember 8, 2010 - 21:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Poetess Anna Barseghyan was awarded with Best Author of the New Millennium medal of the Russian Union of Writers (RUW) and founders of Russia’s Golden Pen national literary prize. Besides, she was awarded with Griboyedov Literary Prize, Yerkramas paper of Armenians of Russia reported. Currently, it is the only prize, which is awarded to writers irrespective of the place of their residence and citizenship. 2000 applications of writers from 32 countries were received in 2010. Anna Barseghyan submitted tales in verse, lyric poetry and translations to the jury. The Central House of Writers in Moscow hosted the awarding ceremony. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |