Համաստեղին ուղղուած նորայայտ նամակներ
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2017
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The files of Armenian-American writer Hamasdegh (Hampartzum Gelenian, 1895-1966) were organized by fellow writer and close friend Aram Haigaz (Chekemian, 1900-1986) in 1971, and later delivered to the Museum of Literature and Art, "Yeghishe Charents" of Yerevan, during Soviet times. However, some items, mostly letters, were not included in the delivery due to their sensitive nature at the time. Hamasdegh was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, as well as some of his correspondents, and the undelivered letters, in Haigaz's view, were of a highly subjective nature as they depicted the party or some of its members in an unfair way. In the end, the cache of letters - some of them apparently lost in the process - reached the archives of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (New York). Our examination of these documents allowed us select ten letters that, in spite of some controversial or inflammatory characterizations, were suitable for publication given their value as a source of information. The present publication includes annotated letters written to Hamasdegh by Rouben Darbinian (1888-1968), political activist and editor in chief of Hairenik Publications; Gostan Zarian (1885-1969), writer; Dertad Kazanjian (1895-1966), political activist; Rouben Ter Minassian (1882-1951), political activist and former Interior Minister of the first Republic of Armenia; Simon Vratzian (1883-1969), political activist and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Krikor Chahinian (1930-2009), literary critic; and Papken Papazian (1915-1990), political activist.
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Մատթէոսեան, Վ., «Համաստեղին ուղղուած նորայայտ նամակներ», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2017, Պէյրութ, էջ 529-554