Armenian Writers Awarded for Outstanding Contributions

As per Armenpress, Times.AM and Grakan Tert (7-2-10 issue), Hranush Hakobyan, the Armenian Diaspora Minister, presented awards to several Armenian writers for their "outstanding contribution to preservation of the Armenian identity". The ceremony was part of the 5th Pan-Armenian writers' conference.

The receipients of the William Saroyan Medal are:
Torkom Postajian (USA)
Toros Toranian (Syria)
Levon Ananyan (Armenia)
Aram Arsenyan (Armenia)

The minister's certificate was awarded to:
Vartan Hakobian (Artsakh)
Madeleine Karakashian (Romania)
Kevork Ankhchyan (Georgia)
Rober Haddejian (Turkey)
Dikran Kapoyan (Syria)
Sarkis Guiragossian (Lebanon)
and, Varant (Iran)