Two peoples in the world know the creators of their alphabet - the Bulgarian and the Armenian. This is one of the many ways in which Bulgarians and Armenians are similar.
Agop Melkonyan's latest work under the title "The Soul of the Armenian" was presented to a Bulgarian audience at the Armenian Cultural House in Sofia, BGNES reported.
The book includes lectures by the famous fiction writer, poet, journalist, translator and lecturer, presenting the main stages of the development of Armenian literature. A century-long path is traced - from the 5th century to the end of the 20th century.
"These are Hagop's lectures that he delivered in the Armenian Philology major. When he left, there were three thick paperbacks left at home. From then on, the family tried to revise them, to present them, and after long, long efforts we finally managed to publish this book," Lyudmila Melkonyan, the author's wife, told BGNES. She described the book as a huge work, which will be useful to both Armenians and Bulgarians.
Vartanush Topakbashian, the editor of "The Armenian's Soul," said there are few things that unite Armenians, who are a people scattered around the world. "One of them is our ancient writing and the literature that has been left behind. This is the great importance of the book that Hagop left us as a legacy. I don't know if there will be another author who will approach Armenian literature so meticulously and trace over 150 authors," she said.
According to her, the book is not a christology, it is not an anthology, it is not an encyclopedia, but it is all in one place because it is very rich in content, very illustratively presented by Hagop himself with his expression and personal attitude towards individual authors. "The soul of the Armenian is really concentrated in this book," added Vartanush Topakbashian.
Otherwise, Bulgarians and Armenians are similar in many ways. "Armenians are good people, very compassionate, they love to help," said Lyudmila Melkonyan.
"As Hagop used to say, small nations have the bad fate of not being known in the world, but this does not mean that they do not have valuable literature," Vartanush Topakbashian said, adding that the only nations in the world who know who created their alphabet are Bulgarians and Armenians, which is another strong factor for mutual sympathy and understanding between the two peoples. I BGNES
