Three thousand mark

 Dear Armenian Poetry Project readers:

Since starting this blog in 2006, three thousand poems have been posted, along with some poetry/book event announcements. 

This free public program has followers from over 100 countries where the lonely and the curious reach out to poetry TM.

Below is a graph of the current number of visitors and comments

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. 

Here are our top ten poems and number of hits:

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,

- 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.

Learning Armenian through Poetry

This is not news to us, and is in fact one of the reasons APP exists.
 

A new language learning tool has discovered and mentions APP on their site. TalkPal AI mentions the Armenian Poetry Project as a valuable resource. Music to my ears.

However, dear Readers, I was not contacted by this company and have written to them since many of the poets posted on APP are alive and retain copyright or publishers have copyrights to their work.

Lola Koundakjian, Curator and Producer of APP in New York

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

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

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

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)
***
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/

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/

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. 

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

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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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

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

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

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

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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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

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


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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

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

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