{"product_id":"letter-to-yerevan-paperback-1","title":"Letter to Yerevan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRupen Janbazian\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eTatul Sonentz-Papazian\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAndranik Tzarukian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story begins with a short, slanderous political attack by one writer, and continues with a lengthy rebuttal by another-a self-appointed target who took it upon himself to respond in kind: in verse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in 1944 in response to Soviet Armenian writer Gevorg Abov's Մենք չենք մոռացել (\"Menk chenk moratsel,\" \"We Have Not Forgotten\"), and published the following year, Թուղթ առ Երեւան (Tught ar Yerevan, \u003ci\u003eLetter to Yerevan\u003c\/i\u003e) made Tzarukian a prominent voice in the Armenian Diaspora almost overnight-from the Middle East to Europe and the Americas. The poem was republished more than a dozen times in various Armenian communities-including in Syria, the United States, Lebanon, and Cyprus-up until the early 1990s, and as a result became a source of inspiration for tens of thousands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished by the 120-year-old Hairenik Press, this is the first English translation of Tzarukian's \u003ci\u003eLetter to Yerevan.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe translation was a collaborative effort between the former director of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and First Republic of Armenia Archives and former editor of the Armenian Review Tatul Sonentz-Papazian and former editor of the Armenian Weekly Rupen Janbazian. It features an in-depth introduction by another former editor of the Armenian Weekly and the volume's English editor, Vahe Habeshian, as well as six original illustrations by Yerevan-based artist Meruzhan Khachatryan. The Armenian language republication was edited by Yeprem Tokjian of Toronto. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe publication of \u003ci\u003eLetter to Yerevan\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of several initiatives planned celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Hairenik Association. All the proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Hairenik Association's Newspaper Digitization Project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in G r n, Tzarukian attracted fame as both a writer and a journalist-publicist, whose periodical Նայիրի (Nayiri, 1941-1983) remains an indispensable record for students of the Armenian Dispersion. Among his most prominent works, Մանկութիւն չունեցող մարդիկ (\u003ci\u003ePeople Without a Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, 1955) and Երազային Հալէպը (\u003ci\u003eEthereal Aleppo\u003c\/i\u003e, 1980) are autobiographical accounts dedicated to his childhood life in the orphanage of Aleppo. He published only one collection of verse, \u003ci\u003eAragastner\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSails\u003c\/i\u003e), and bade farewell to poetry in Tught ar Yerevan (\u003ci\u003eLetter to Yerevan\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Publisher\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEstablished in 1899 and based in Watertown, Mass., the Hairenik Press is the publishing division of the Hairenik Association.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 24, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52729705365811,"sku":"9781727508451","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9BS1H00Pyr9781727508451_58c7eec2-11a9-4f82-8432-ab515b0db968.webp?v=1763816212","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/letter-to-yerevan-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}