Nothing establishes “destruction” as a continual evil as much as Krikor Beledian’s poem “Տեղագրութիւն Քանդուող Քաղաքի Մը Համար” (Topography of a Destroyed City), which was inspired by the devastation in Beirut in 1975 and draw parallels to the catastrophe in 1915. It seems as if the destruction occu...

Երէկ... նորէն կը խորհէի այն ծրագրին մասին որ ըրած եմ շատոնց, արդէն տասը տարի կայ (ականջի գործողութենէս ի վեր, նոյեմբեր 1975ին). գրել 1945-65ի Պէյրութը, կէս-վէպ, կէս-յուշ: Գրել ինչ որ միշտ սիրած եմ եւ ինչ որ անկարող եղած եմ ատելու: Բայց ատիկա իրականացնելու համար պէտք ունիմ երկար, ազատ ժամանակի: Արձակ...

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This file explores the realities of linguistic diversity, whether practised in immigrant families or promoted through educational programmes, social and cultural activities and literary creations. The comparative dimension makes it possible to understand how language usage is combined in several geo...

quasi-emblematic figure of Armenian literature of the diaspora, thanks to its Roman production, a member of the most active member of the Armenian Literary Movement in Paris between 1929 and 1939, Chahan Chahnour (1903-1974) moved to publication in French in 1942 when he was hospitalised in a south-...

This lecture is dedicated to the monumental works of Hagop Sirouni (Djololian, Turkey 1890-Bucarest 1973), a poet, novelist, litterary theorist and historian. Send in exile in Romania in 1923, he edited the periodical press « Nawasart » (1924-25) and other litterary publications in armenian and/or r...

Krikor Beledian is a major author of contemporary Armenian literature, writing in Western Armenian and living in France (lecturer at Inalco until 2012). This volume is the first international scientific volume dedicated to its work. It follows the International Colloquium held in Inalco in September...