Armenia to participate in Moscow International Book Fair

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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenia will participate in the Moscow International Book Fair September 23-27.

The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport said that the traditional participation is dedicated this year to the 30^th anniversary of Armenian independence.

The program seeks to promote Armenian literature and writers abroad.

The official opening ceremony of the event is scheduled for September 24.

The Armenian pavilion will be represented by Shirak Province Library director Gevorg Amiryan, National Library of Armenia Head of Literature Promotion Department Arevik Kamalyan, and representative of the Yerevan’s Dom Moskvi (House of Moscow) Center Svetlana Sahakyan.

The books displayed at the pavilion will then be donated to the library of the Armenian Embassy in Russia.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS