Siamanto donald
- Siamanto Nikokosian.
- Siamanto was arrested on April 24, 1915, in Constantinople/Istanbul along with the famous group of about 250 Armenian cultural leaders; he.
- It is by the eminent Armenian poet Siamanto who described the dance of twenty young Armenian women in his unforgettable "The Dance".
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Thursday, April 27, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific
In-Person Event at the NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA. Doors open at 7:00pm for tours of the building and browsing in the bookstore.
Live on Zoom.Registration is required and free.
Livestream on theNAASR YouTube channel Armenian Studies.
PRESENTER
DR. PETER BALAKIAN, Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities, Colgate University
Peter Balakian will discuss the book of poems Bloody News from My Friend by Siamanto (1878-1915). Dr. Diran Balakian, Peter Balakian’s grandfather, at the time of the 1909 Adana massacres was working as a physician tending to the wounded and was also an eyewitness to the atrocities. He wrote letters home to his family documenting what he witnessed. Siamanto, who was Dr. Balakian’s friend, utilized the letters as a source for this famous book of poems published in Constantinople in 1909 as Կարմիր լուրեր բարեկամէս (Garmir lurer paregamēs).
DR. PETER BALAKIAN is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanitie
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Siamanto’s Dance
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Vahe Apelian, Ohio, October 2014
There is a poetic description of a dance in the Armenian literature that will remain forever etched in the Armenian psyche. One of its lines is often quoted in English or in Armenian, “O human justice, let me spit on your forehead”. The line sounds more poignant in Armenian than in English and perhaps in other languages as well. It is by the eminent Armenian poet Siamanto who described the dance of twenty young Armenian women in his unforgettable "The Dance". The translation of the poem by Peter Balakian and Nevart Yaghlian is attached.
Vahe Apelian, Ohio, October 2014
There is a poetic description of a dance in the Armenian literature that will remain forever etched in the Armenian psyche. One of its lines is often quoted in English or in Armenian, “O human justice, let me spit on your forehead”. The line sounds more poignant in Armenian than in English and perhaps in other languages as well. It is by
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