Showing posts with label APP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label APP. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

APP list in resources for Teaching About the Holocaust and Genocide



The Armenian Poetry Project has been listed -- among other resources -- in an online list of Literature resources for Teaching About the Holocaust and Genocide, in Colorado's Department of Education.

Click here to access the list.

APP is grateful to be part of this important list and education site.




Լօլա Գունտաքճեան/Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer,
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dom]com

Friday, June 04, 2021

Final notice: we are moving our email subscription from FeedBurner to Follow.it

Dear APP readers:


In the next few days, we will be permanently transitioning away from FeedBurner's email subscription as they will no longer support it.

We have exported and transitioned many of you already to follow.it

You might want to check that you are getting these notices on the new platform, or subscribe by visiting APP's main page. Please note that like FeedBurner, you will need to confirm your subscription (and check your spam folder!)

follow.it has many new features which were not available on FeedBurner so check them out.
You can also read more about them at https://follow.it/all-news


Thanks, Lola Koundakjian/Լօլա Գունտաքճեան
Curator and Producer,
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dom]com

Friday, May 21, 2021

Vacation/Vacances/Արձակուրդ



Kind Reader / Cher Lecteur / Յարգելի Ընթերցող՝


The Armenian Poetry Project is taking a break until Memorial Day (May 30, 2021).


During this period, I encourage you to read through the Project's archives by clicking on the Author or Monthly links found in the right column of the Blog.

The Armenian Poetry Project contains nearly 3000 entries, many with translations and audio clips.


Enjoy, and leave a comment. We love getting feedbacks. And if you want to help APP, send submissions, suggestions. Donations are welcome!


Best regards/à bientôt/ձ՝


Լօլա Գունտաքճեան/Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer,
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dom]com

Saturday, May 01, 2021

Reminder: We are celebrating on May 2, 2021

 



The Armenian Poetry Project’s producer and director Lola Koundakjian likes to celebrate the Project’s anniversaries, as she put it, “quietly, reading poetry”. This year, with the help of the Armenian Institute and the International Armenian Literary Alliance, we are celebrating APP’s 15th anniversary with a reading of some of the most beautiful poems on APP’s website.

With close to 3000 posts and 200 audio clips, APP is a free site containing poems written by Armenians, as well as contemporary authors on Armenian subject matters. It represents authors from the 19th century to present, with some Krapar pieces added to the mix. Sources include out of print books, periodicals and digitized archives.
 
During this celebration, we will recreate the “Dead Armenian Poets Society” -- the semiannual gathering in precovid times at Lola’s apartment.
 
Join us as our readers give voice to the poets of the past, and experience why the lonely and the curious -- from over 100 countries -- reach out to poetry TM.

The readers are: 
Hratch Tchilingirian, Susan Pattie, Tina Chakarian, Theo Maarten van Lint, Vazken Davidian, Tatevik Ayvazyan, Lola Koundakjian, Gagik Stepan-Sarkissian, Olivia Katrandjian, Shahé Mankerian, Shakeh Major Tchilingirian, Arthur Kayzakian and Nancy Agabian
***
Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 1 PM EDT – 3 PM EDT (6:00 PM in London)
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Please visit AI's page on Facebook or the website for Zoom details.

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This event co-sponsored by IALA and The Armenian Institute UK. 
Please support them by visiting the links below.
https://www.armenianinstitute.org.uk/support-us
https://armenianliterary.org/donate/

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Celebrating 15 years of The Armenian Poetry Project May 2nd 2021 at 1PM EDT and 6pm London time














The Armenian Poetry Project’s producer and director Lola Koundakjian likes to celebrate the Project’s anniversaries, as she put it, “quietly, reading poetry”. This year, with the help of the Armenian Institute and the International Armenian Literary Alliance, we are celebrating APP’s 15th anniversary with a reading of some of the most beautiful poems on APP’s website.

With close to 3000 posts and 200 audio clips, APP is a free site containing poems written by Armenians, as well as contemporary authors on Armenian subject matters. It represents authors from the 19th century to present, with some Krapar pieces added to the mix. Sources include out of print books, periodicals and digitized archives.
 
During this celebration, we will recreate the “Dead Armenian Poets Society” -- the semiannual gathering in precovid times at Lola’s apartment.
 
Join us as our readers give voice to the poets of the past, and experience why the lonely and the curious -- from over 100 countries -- reach out to poetry TM.
***
Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 1 PM EDT – 3 PM EDT
***
Please visit AI's page on Facebook or the website for Zoom details.

***
This event co-sponsored by IALA and The Armenian Institute UK. 
Please support them by visiting the links below.
https://www.armenianinstitute.org.uk/support-us
https://armenianliterary.org/donate/



Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Changes in Blogger email subscriptions



Blogger’s email subscription widget, also known as the FollowByEmail widget, will be turned down in July 2021.

At this point, there are no alternatives to the automated email feeds.


We will let our over 1000 subscribers know if there is an alternative in due course. 

Friday, April 09, 2021

Save the Date for a worldwide reading on May 2, 2021

On Sunday, May 2, 2021, there will be a worldwide reading to help celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Armenian Poetry Project. 

Details to follow.


Best regards, 


Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Director, The Armenian Poetry Project

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Happy Annivesary: 14 years and 2741 entries

Today is APP's 14th anniversary.

We will celebrated it, as we often do, quietly, reading poetry and happy to have achieved a few key points. 

We remain the only website providing audio and text RSS feeds of poems written by Armenians, as well as contemporary authors on Armenian subject matters. 

We continue providing all internet surfers free access to the webpage and audio downloads 24/7/365 via RSS feeds.

We invite you to join our readers in celebrating APP's broad spectrum:
- independent research of the best Armenian poetry we can find  
- gems by authors from the 19th century to the present
- introduction to out of print books, periodicals and digitized archives
- an index by authors and countries
- experimental works by contemporary authors
- introduction of budding authors, including our UPCOMING Call for Poems on the topic of epidemics, illness, medicine, death and healing (JUNE 1st 2020 DEADLINE!)
- different languages of expression, mostly Armenian, English or French, with translations provided whenever possible

This project is curated and produced by Lola Koundakjian in New York. To contact APP, send an email to: ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com.


If YOU ENJOY this website, please consider making a donation via Paypal.com by clicking on the button below. Your donations help maintain the audio website, buy books and replace equipment for the recordings as well as research in libraries. 

 
հայերէն՝ To view the Armenian characters, setup your browser to view UNICODE (UTF-8) as the character's encoding.




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Thursday, December 01, 2016

Guidelines for submissions and new portal

The Armenian Poetry Project invites authors of Armenian heritage, or, individuals who write poems relating to the Armenian world, to submit their work for consideration.

1. Poems must be written in Armenian, English or French and must not be translations.

2. Armenian text must be in UNICODE (please use fonts available on nayiri.com)

3. Up to 5 pieces are accepted for consideration. Send these by email along with a cover letter, short biography and a JPG picture.

4. Copyright must be included as well as information regarding previous publication.

Please use our submisions portal: https://greensubmissions.com/743/armenian-poetry-project/index.php


Lola Koundakjian, Curator and Producer
armenianpoetryproject[at]gmail.com

Friday, July 22, 2016

Ինչպէս Հայերէնը ՀԱՅԱՏԱՌ գրել/Comment taper en arménien/How to type in Armenian

Ահա ինչպէս կրնաք հայերէն այբուբէնով տառագրել
Voici comment vous pouvez taper en arménien
Here is a step to step guide on how to type in Armenian

Nayiri.com, an online dictionary source, gives excellent information on how to type in Armenian. Here's the link to the how-to page











You may print this keyboard image to help you with Western Armenian typing. Other keyboards are available on the Nayiri site.

Good luck/Bonne chance/Յաջողութիւն՝ 
Լօլա

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Submissions to the Armenian Poetry Project

Dear readers and authors:

APP is testing a new submissions portal using Greensubmissions.com

In the near future, all submissions of poetry, translations as well as the annual poetry competition, will be using this portal. 

The Armenian Poetry Project editors will continue to consider new and previously published poems from all individuals of Armenian descent for publication in APP's site. Suggestions for classical and contemporary poems, typed in UNICODE and accompanied by a scanned page, may also be submitted.

Submissions are not a guarantee of acceptance.

Thank you for your support as we upgrade our submissions method.


Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer of the Armenian Poetry Project

Monday, May 09, 2016

National Translation Month



The Armenian Poetry Project is a proud supporter of NTM, an organization established in 2012 which has a growing following and many translations already from the Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Latin, Arabic, Persian, and Italian. 

Please join us in supporting this worthy project which celebrates reading and writing in translation every September.




Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer of The Armenian Poetry Project
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com

Saturday, April 30, 2016

10th anniversary - 10րդ տարեդարձ - 10ème anniversaire



Today is the 10th anniversary of the Armenian Poetry Project. We will celebrate it as we often do, quietly, reading poetry and happy to have achieved a few key points. 

We research and share the best Armenian poetry we can find in books and digital archives as well as through contacts with contemporary poets.  

We remain the only website to provide audio and text RSS feeds of poems written by Armenians, as well as contemporary authors on Armenian subject matters. 

We continue providing all internet surfers free access to the webpage and audio downloads 24/7/365 via RSS, Twitter and iTunes.

We celebrate APP's broad spectrum:
- gems by authors from the 19th century to the present
- introduction to out of print books
- an index by authors and countries
- experimental works by contemporary authors
- introduction of budding authors, including the APP/ASA poetry competition winners, now in its 6th year
- different languages of expression, mostly Armenian, English or French, with translations provided whenever possible

This project is curated and produced by Lola Koundakjian in New York. To contact APP, send an email to: ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com.

If YOU ENJOY this website, please consider making a donation via Paypal.com by clicking on the button below. Your donations help maintain the audio website, buy books and replace equipment for the recordings as well as research in libraries. 






հայերէն՝ To view the Armenian characters, setup your browser to view UNICODE (UTF-8) as the character's encoding.




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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Շնորհաւոր Նոր Տարի և Սուրբ Ծնունդ

Շնորհաւոր Նոր Տարի և Սուրբ Ծնունդ
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année


Լօլա Գունտաքճեան/Lola Koundakjian
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dom]com

Monday, December 21, 2015

Armenian Poetry Project - Հայ Բանաստեղծութեան Համացանցը

As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Armenian Poetry Project,  we pledge to continue researching and sharing the best Armenian poetry, using state of the art technology. 

We remain the only website to provide audio and text RSS feeds of poems written by Armenians, as well as contemporary authors on Armenian subject matters. 


We continue providing all internet surfers free access to the webpage and audio downloads 24/7/365 via RSS, Twitter and iTunes.


One thing that won't change will be APP's broad spectrum:
- gems by authors from the 19th century to the present
- introduction to out of print books
- an index of authors and countries
- experimental works by contemporary authors
- introduction of budding authors, including the APP/ASA poetry competition winners.
- different languages of expression, mostly Armenian, English or French, with translations provided whenever possible


This project is curated and produced by Lola Koundakjian in New York. To contact APP, send an email to: ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com.


Please consider making a donation via Paypal.com by clicking on the button below. Your donations help maintain the audio website, buy books and replace equipment for the recordings as well as research in libraries. 


հայերէն՝ To view the Armenian characters, setup your browser to view UNICODE (UTF-8) as the character's encoding.







This is a feedburner validator


We are proud to be ranked on the Hyetopia.com site.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Christmas break

Շնորհաւոր Նոր Տարի և Սուրբ Ծնունդ
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année



Sending you all wishes for world peace, 
sugarplum fairies and family joy.

I look forward to hearing from you. 
Until 2016, happy reading


Լօլա Գունտաքճեան/Lola Koundakjian
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dom]com

Friday, May 01, 2015

Another quiet anniversary

On April 30, 2015, The Armenian Poetry Project turned 9

This one was another quiet celebration because the centennial of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated all over the world during the same month. 

I believe APP helped me achieve several goals: bringing Armenian poetry to an international audience; access to the masses, including those who don't have Armenian books in their homes and public libraries; translations of some poems into English, Spanish and French; encouraging readers to discover new writers, while providing forgotten poems and their authors a new readership.

In the last two months, APP organized two readings commemorating the authors who died or survived the Genocide, one on April 21st with a repeat program coming up on May 26, both in New York City. 

Ongoing projects and resources include: 

1 - Information and events around the DEAD ARMENIAN POETS SOCIETY. This was the core of what eventually became APP. I am happy to share guidelines on how to run evenings dedicated to reading works by late Armenian authors.

2. As a way of archiving, I have uploaded audio files to SoundCloud. This will help APP reach a larger audience as the blog format restricts us for posting them all in the same page, and iTunes cannot archive old episodes.
The APP group on SoundCloud is here.

3. We continue to provide support for cultural events and help in finding authors for reading series in the United States and Canada.

4. This was our fifth year with the poetry competition, sponsored by the ASA.

5. Regular postings -- albeit not daily -- of poems, translations and announcements. 

I invite all readers to stay in touch, add comments and share your thoughts.



All best, and thank you for being a reader and supporter of the APP.

Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Director, The Armenian Poetry Project

Saturday, August 09, 2014

Vacation/Vacances/Արձակուրդ

Kind Reader / Cher Lecteur / Յարգելի Ընթերցող՝

The Armenian Poetry Project is taking a break from August 9-18, 2014.

During this period, I encourage you to read through the Project's archives by clicking on the Author or Monthly links found on the right side of the page.

The Armenian Poetry Project contains over 2170 entries, many with translations and audio clips.

Best regards/à bientôt/ձ՝

Լօլա Գունտաքճեան/Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer, 
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dom]com

Friday, June 13, 2014

2014 - midyear report

The 8th anniversary of the Armenian Poetry Project was a quiet celebration, just prior to the announcement of winners of the fourth annual Arthur Halvajian Memorial poetry writing competition. We are grateful to our competition's sponsor, the Armenian Students' Association and its board members, and, our poetry judges.

To date, APP has received over 517,000 unique hits and 29,500audio downloads since its debut in May 2006. In addition to our readers, there are over 177 Blogger, 350 RSS and 100 Twitter followers.

Readership, averaging 42% from Armenia, is from over 100 countries where the lonely and the curious reach out to poetry TM.

Heartfelt thanks:

To you, our Readers -- you make it all possible. Your constant encouragement motivates the authors, the translators and the teachers.

To Peter Balakian, James Baloian, Sarkis Vahaken, Jean Assadour, Alan Whitehorn, Arpine Konyalian Grenier, Diana Der-Hovanessian, Aram Ketenjian, Panos Jeranian and William Michaelian (HG!) who sent their books and notes.

To Aram Saroyan, Gregory Djanikian, Michael Casey, Sotère Torregian, Lorne Shirinian, Raffi Setian, Lory Bedikian of Poetry Matters, Nancy Kricorian, Esther Heboyan, Keith Garebian, Nora Nadjarian, Nancy Agabian of GARTAL, Jim Erkiletian, Michael Akillian, Mark Gavoor, Garo Armenian and other contemporary authors for their permission to post their poems.

To Dr. Levon Avdoyan, at Library of Congress, for his assistance in researching books,
To Prof. Theo M Van Lint for his scholarship and help in acquiring texts,
To Nvair Kadian Beylerian for the use of her grandfather Anoush Krikorian's library,
To Zachary Jean Chartkoff for his contribution of books to the ever expanding APP library,
To Artsvi Bakhchinyan and Vartan Matiossian for their scholarship and translations,
To Prof. Dora Sakayan for her translations of Paruyr Sevak and her enthusiasm,
To Prof. Valentina Calzolari for her translations published in the series Patrimoine littéraire J.-C. POLET (éd.),
To L.A.'s Zephyr Poets --Tina Demirdjian, Armine Iknadossian, Shahé Mankerian and Alene Terzian); Karen Karslyan, and Ara Shirinyan, for their support and partication in readings,
To Albert Kaprielian for his aid in getting documents on Canadian-Armenian poet Sha[u]nt Basmajian,
To Sako Arian for his contribution of books,
To Per Wik who introduced his grandfather Harout Kosdantyan and his work,
To Gagik Batikian for his love and sharing of Istanbul's contemporary Armenian poets,
To Elizabeth Grigorian for her assistance at the Glendale Public Library.
To Catherine Fletcher and the editorial staff at Rattapallax for devoting a special feature on post-Genocide Armenian Poetry. 

To the judges of the 1st-4th Arthur Halvajian Memorial poetry writing competition: Garen Kazanc, Christopher Janigian; Lisa Whitten, Silva Ajamian, Dr. Rachel Goshgarian, Father Mesrob Lakissian and Alice Movsesian.

To Louise Kiffer of France and Sylvie M. Miller of U.K. for their translations of poems into French, and Tatul Sonentz-Papazian for this translations into Armenian, French and English.

To the budding poets who send me emails and who participated in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd anniversary Poetry Blasts, and APP's poetry writing competition.

To the volunteer readers who contributed their voices to 19th - 21st century authors.

To the staff at Horizon Weekly's Literary Supplement (Montréal); the Aztag Daily's Literary and Arts Supplement (Beirut); the New York Public Library (Humanities Research); the Glendale Public Library; the Zohrab Center (New York); the Armenian Prelacy (New York); the AGBU's Bibliothèque Nubar (Paris); and, the Librairie Samuélian (Paris).


Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Producer of The Armenian Poetry Project
ArmenianPoetryProject[at]gmail[dot]com

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

We are celebrating ....

Pop the champagne cork: on April 30, 2014, The Armenian Poetry Project turns 8!

With over half a million hits, hundreds of daily visitors and over 2100 entries, we have reasons to celebrate.

I believe APP helped me achieve several goals: bringing Armenian poetry to an international audience; free access for all readers, including those who don't have Armenian books in their homes and public libraries; audio files in iTunes; audio archives in SoundCloud; translations by a committed group of authors and readers; discovery of new writers, and, exposure to forgotten authors.

APP runs the annual poetry competition, which for the last four years has been sponsored by the Armenian Students' Organization, Inc. in memory of Arthur Halvajian.

I invite you to contact me to receive: 

1. Resources to start your own DEAD ARMENIAN POETS SOCIETY. This was the core of what eventually became APP. You can get tips on how to run evenings dedicated to readings of works by late Armenian authors.

2. Resources for Armenian poetry workshops.

3. Support for cultural events and help in finding authors for reading series in the United States and Canada.

Thank you for being a reader and supporter,

Lola Koundakjian
Curator and Director, The Armenian Poetry Project