Source: media.am Interviewer: Tigranuhi Martirosyan | Journalist, Media Promotion Specialist Fiction and the written word are currently in fierce competition with visual media. In fact, one could say they have already lost,…
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“High Literature”: Karen Antashyan’s “Lav Prtsa” Collection on Public Radio of Armenia
In this episode of Public Radio’s “High Literature” series, literary critic and editor Arkmenik Nikoghosyan and poet Karen Antashyan discuss the author’s latest collection of short stories, Lav Prtsa (A Lucky Escape)….
Celebrating Book Giving Day on Shant TV
This short interview became an occasion to remember how, exactly 15 years ago on February 19th, a group of friends and I organized the first public book-giving campaign. That very initiative sparked…
The Launch of Karen Antashyan’s Short Story Collection: “Lav Prtsa” (A Lucky Escape)
Five volumes of poetry later, my first prose book, titled Lav Prtsa (Goode Release), has finally seen the light of day. I’ve subtitled it “Short Stories” (Karchapatumner) simply because I couldn’t find…
Invitation: Good Release (Lav Prtsa) Book Launch
We are delighted to invite you to the official launch of Karen Antashyan’s latest book, Lav Prtsa (Good Release). The event will take place on February 13th at 7:00 PM at the…
The presentation of Karen Antashyan’s book “WTF ♡” took place
On September 7, the presentation of Karen Antashyan’s book “Dry ♡” took place in the frescoes hall of the National Gallery as part of the Yerevan International Book Festival. Here are a…
სადიდებელი რიგით მარტიროსიანს
რიგითო მარტიროსიან, მრდო, ძმაო,დღეს სამსახურის, ოჯახური ვახშმის,ბავშვების დაძინების, სერიალის მერე,დიდსულოვნად ვცადე დროის გამონახვა,ვორდის ახალი დოკის გახსნა,საყვარელი ფონტის შერჩევა,რომ შენს სიკვდილზე დამეწერაეს პოსტმოდერნული, გაუპრანჭავი,მედიდური სადიდებელი.რიგითო მარტიროსიან, მრდო, ძმაო,ერთხელ ხომ დავწერე შენი სახელი,ახლა ყოველ…
20 poetas de Armenia
My poems in Spanish in the anthology of 20 Armenian poets, translated by Alice Ter-Ghevondian and Ana Arzoumanian poetic version, and compiled by Marine Petrossian. It will be published in Buenos Aires…
Antashat, a city that is an inner-spiritual territory
Karen’s second poetry collection, Antashat, published in 2009, soon raised a lot of discussions. Antashat radically differs from his first book – After the End, Before the Beginning and generally from underlined…
“Our First Element” Water is life itself
On March 9th the Foundation for the Preservation of Wild life and Cultural Assets (FPWC) in cooperation with the German Embassy in Yerevan organized a presentation of the book “Our First Element:…