Hye Sharzhoom Armenian Action
Joel D. Hirst, Vienna, VA, for a copy of his book, An Excess of Nationalism: A Novel about Armenia (2023), 115pp., in English.
Vatche Ghazarian, Ph.D., Portsmouth, RI, for a copy of The Post WWI Rise of Turkish Nationalism and Resumption of Genocidal Policies (Portsmouth, RI: Mayreni Publishing, 2023), 586pp., in Armenian and English. The book is a collection of primary sources documenting the treatment of Armenians and Greeks in Turkey. It is comprised of 601 first-hand accounts, derived from letters and telegraphs sent to the Armenian Patriarchate in Constantinople and records of their visits there.
Dr. Herant & Mrs. Stina Katchadourian, Stanford, CA, for a copy of The Story of My Life: From Anatolia to California, by Efronia Nazarian Khatchadourian, tr. by Herant Katchadourian (Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2023), 248pp., in English. This is a memoir of Efronia Khatchadourian’s life from her birth in Aintab to her eventual life in the United States.
Gary A. Kulhanjian, Rancho Cucamon-ga, CA, for a copy of his new book A Kaleioscope of Armenian Immigration to America: Origins of a Modern Diaspora (Los Angeles: Harrcrawf and Carroll Publishers, 2023), 670pp., in English. The book aims to reveal the experiences of the Armenians as they established a new Diaspora in the United States. The book also explores the experiences of other immigrant groups in the United States.
Dr. Harutyun Marutyan, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan Armenia, for the following: Dictionary of the Van Dialect by Dr. Haykanoush Mesropyan (Yerevan, 2018), 247pp., in Armenian; the International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2021 and Vol. 7, No. 1, 2022 (in English); Ձեղասպանագիտական հանդես (Journal of Genocide Studies), Year 9, No. 2, 2021 and Year 10, No. 1, 2022 (in Armenian) Turkification of Armenian Children During the Armenian Genocide, a collective monograph, edited by Edita Gzoyan, Regina Galustyan, Shushan Khachatryan, and Elina Mirzoyan (Yerevan, 2022), 247pp., in Armenian; and Խաղաղության Հայկական Գինը (The Armenian Price of Peace), by Naira Sahakyan (Yerevan, 2023), 299pp., in Armenian.
Dr. Karen Matevosyan, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia for a copy of his book Անի եվ Անեցիներ (Ani and its Citizens) (Yerevan, 2021), 462pp., in Armenian. The book is dedicated to the city of Ani, and also its nearby settlements, monasteries, and its population. The book is composed of two sections: the first dedicated to the history of the city, especially in the period of the Bagratuni, and the second section is devoted to the citizens of Ani. Ani’s population consisted of craftsmen, and various other workers.
Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia for a copy of Manuscript Heritage of Artsakh and Utik, by Hravard Hakobyan, Tamara Minasyan, and Vahe Torosyan (Yerevan, 2022), 334pp., in English, with beautiful photos. The book presents the manuscripts produced in the historical provinces of Armenia, Artsakh, and Utik in the medieval period. The majority of the manuscripts are now housed in the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran. The book is intended for specialists as well as the general public.
Ara Sarafian, Gomidas Institute, London, for copies of Zabel Yessayan on the Threshold: Key Texts on Armenians and Turks as Ottoman Subjects by tr. and edited by Nanor Kebranian (Gomidas Institute, 2023), 144pp., in English and A Precarious Armenia: The Third Republic, the Karabagh Conflict, and Genocide Politics by G. J. Libaridian (Gomidas Institute, 2023), 580pp., in English.
Joan Schoettler, California, for a copy of The Honey Jar: An Armenian’s Escape to Freedom (2023), 173pp., in English. This is a story told in verse, which relates the story of eight-year-old Bedros and his family as they are forced to flee the Armenian Genocide. The Honey Jar depicts a journey from desperation to freedom.