WAC AND UNION OF ARMENIANS IN RUSSIA PRESENT PRIZES IN SPHERES OF LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM
Noyan Tapan
Feb 14, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Distribution of prizes in the
spheres of literature and journalism took place on February 13 at
the RA National Academy of Sciences. The event was initiated by the
World Armenian Congress (WAC) and the Union of Armenians in Russia
headed by renowned businessman Ara Abrahamian.
As Levon Ananian, the Chairman of the Union of Writers of Armenia,
said, these prizes instituted specially for prose writers in the
respect of their amount exceed even the state prizes of Armenia
and make ten, five, and three thousand USD for the first, second,
and third places, respectively.
The first prize was presented to Grigor Janikian for his novel
"Yerablur" and the second and third prizes were given to Edward
Militonian and Ghukas Sirunian, respectively.
Astghik Gevorgian, the Chairwoman of the Union of Journalists
of Armenia, said that by the decision of the authoritative jury
comprised of the prize-winners of the previous year, a special
prize was posthumously presented to Garnik Ananian, the former
Dean of YSU Journalism faculty. In the sphere of journalism prizes
were also presented to Juliette Kazhoyan and Haykaram Nahapetian,
correspondents of the Public Television of Armenia, Artyom Yerkanian,
a political commentator at the Shant TV Company, Ara Kochumian, the
editor-in-chief of the Zhamanak daily of Istanbul, Grigor Anisonian,
the editor-in-chief of the Noyev Kovcheg newspaper published in Russia.
According to Hranush Hakobian, the Chairwoman of the RA National
Assembly Standing Committee of Science, Education, Culture, Youth,
and Sport Affairs, such competitions should be also organized in other
spheres of culture. In response A. Abrahamian said that there is such
an idea and it will be discussed with the RA Minister of Culture.
Radik Martirosian, the Chairman of the RA National Academy of Sciences,
in his turn, said that such a competition should be also organized
in the sphere of science. It is supposed that prizes will be given in
five nominations: Armenology, sociology, exact sciences, informatics,
and natural sciences.