moogey Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Can anyone recommend books and websites on life and society in Turkish Armenia around 1900s, (pre-genocide)? I have found a good website where you can read books online: http://www.archive.org/details/womenofturkeythe00garnuoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Kiffer Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 If you can read French I have written an article in : http://www.armenweb.org/espaces/louise/reportages/coutumes_fiancailles.htm (old customs - there is a picture )I have translated too articles from HamasdeR from armenian to French: (old days in the village of Shen) n° 77 Jour de fête d'autrefois n° 75 N° 68 Le sort des Arméniens au début du 20è siècleI can translate them for you in english if you want. My grandmother was born in 1870, I have her photo when she was at school - 1877_it is in my website: http://perso.orange.fr/choisy/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogey Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 If you can read French I have written an article in : http://www.armenweb.org/espaces/louise/reportages/coutumes_fiancailles.htm (old customs - there is a picture )I have translated too articles from HamasdeR from armenian to French: (old days in the village of Shen) n° 77 Jour de fête d'autrefois n° 75 N° 68 Le sort des Arméniens au début du 20è siècleI can translate them for you in english if you want. My grandmother was born in 1870, I have her photo when she was at school - 1877_it is in my website: http://perso.orange.fr/choisy/index.htm Mille mercis, Louise, your website is excellent. I'm also interested in folktales. I can read French, so, yes, if possible can you point me in the direction of the other articles Nos 77, 75, 68. And in another answer to my prayer, there will be an exhibition in London of postcards collected by Orlando Calumeno and published by Osman Köker, and also artefacts, maps. videos, etc of Armenians in Turkey 100 years ago. You've probably seen them in Paris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Kiffer Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 thank you Moogey, I live in France but not in Paris, and I cannot travel. But I have two beautiful books of photos :ARMENIE : Trésors de l'Arménie ancienne.L'ARMENIE D'ANTAN, l'Arménie à travers la carte postale ancienne. Par Yves Ternon et Claude Kebabdjian 28,50 euros (HC Editions)it is the book of the exposition. As to my articles they have a number before each one (I found the URL only for one)I selected these for you: 208 La cuisine arménienne illustrée 198 Histoire de Sebastia 177 Quand vas-tu grandir ? Avédis Aharonian 140 Une nouvelle de Krikor Zohrab : « Doux Basilic » 130 La Porte verte 129 Les Jours anciens du village de Shen (HamasdeR) 92 Comptine armenienne pour les jours de fête 80 Vartavar : une fête qui va au-delà des jeux d’eau d’été 77 Anciennes coutumes arméniennes : les fiançailles 76 Miniature arménienne 75 Jour de fête d’autrefois : http://www.armenweb.org/espaces/louise/reportages/jour_de_fete.htm 68 Le sort des Arméniens au début du 20ème siècle, is not about custums, it’s from a book published in Boston in1924, the memories of General Antranik. In most occasions, the Armenians used to sing the song. 20 L’art ancestral de la broderie Great job for you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Kiffer Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 thank you Moogey, I live in France but not in Paris, and I cannot travel. But I have two beautiful books of photos :ARMENIE : Trésors de l'Arménie ancienne.L'ARMENIE D'ANTAN, l'Arménie à travers la carte postale ancienne. Par Yves Ternon et Claude Kebabdjian 28,50 euros (HC Editions)it is the book of the exposition. As to my articles they have a number before each one (I found the URL only for one)I selected these for you: 208 La cuisine arménienne illustrée 198 Histoire de Sebastia 177 Quand vas-tu grandir ? Avédis Aharonian 140 Une nouvelle de Krikor Zohrab : « Doux Basilic » 130 La Porte verte 129 Les Jours anciens du village de Shen (HamasdeR) 92 Comptine armenienne pour les jours de fête 80 Vartavar : une fête qui va au-delà des jeux d’eau d’été 77 Anciennes coutumes arméniennes : les fiançailles 76 Miniature arménienne 75 Jour de fête d’autrefois : http://www.armenweb.org/espaces/louise/reportages/jour_de_fete.htm 68 Le sort des Arméniens au début du 20ème siècle, is not about custums, it’s from a book published in Boston in1924, the memories of General Antranik. In most occasions, the Armenians used to sing the song. 20 L’art ancestral de la broderie Great job for you ! Concerning the tales, in my website "louise.choisy" you will find "contes" which are armenian tales that I have translated in French from a bookof sovietic armenia, the tales were in the dialect of Mush. An Armenian called "Pensee" used to go from village to village and listen to the talestold by one of each village in winter evenings before all the people of the village, Armenians, Kurds, Turks and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogey Posted March 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Concerning the tales, in my website "louise.choisy" you will find "contes" which are armenian tales that I have translated in French from a bookof sovietic armenia, the tales were in the dialect of Mush. An Armenian called "Pensee" used to go from village to village and listen to the talestold by one of each village in winter evenings before all the people of the village, Armenians, Kurds, Turks and others. It must have been a monumental task for you. Have you seen the book Armenian Folk Tales and Fables by Charles Downing (1972)? Sona Svetlian, who now lives in the US, wrote down folk tales from Musa Ler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Kiffer Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 It must have been a monumental task for you. Have you seen the book Armenian Folk Tales and Fables by Charles Downing (1972)? Sona Svetlian, who now lives in the US, wrote down folk tales from Musa Ler. --------------------------------------------------------No, I have not seen that book. My daughter found only those 2 volumes in the Armenian Bookshop of Paris: "Hrant Samuel" 31, rue Monsieur le Prince.Effectively, it was a too difficult work for me, I could not translate all the tales in French, only about a dozen.Now she tells David de Sassoun in French. It is already translated by a professor.My translations of armenian tales are in my website: http://perso.orange.fr/choisy/index.htm/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamya Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 An excellent recent book on things Armenian is Nina Garsoian's recently published autobiography, De Vita Sua. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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