Sona Van
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Poetry dedicated to the victims of genocide and war. An Homer award-winning book. Sona Van's subject is the Armenian genocide, also known as the Great Catastrophe. Her family was driven into exile due to this horrific event. Her poems reflect a personal connection to this history as well as the universality of loss, persecution, and intolerance. Forward written by Award winning actress, Beata Pozniak
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Sona Van (actually: Ter-Howhannisjan) is a famous Armenian poet and traveler. She was born in Yerevan, Armenia. Her grandfather, a respected Armenian clergyman from the East Anatolian city of Van (hence, the poet's literary pseudonym) in the terrible 1915, stayed in Istanbul with a large part of his family. They were all eyewitnesses or even victims of the atrocities of Young Turkish militias.
Returning to her thoughts about those terrible times,...
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This collection of Sona Van's poems is a tribute to the victims of genocide and war. With extraordinary feminine sensitivity, the poet looks at the world in all its striking contrasts, constantly probing the depths of her consciousness with new modes of expression. The collection consists of ephemeral poems characterized by dramatic encounters with nothingness in which an uncanny ability to capture extreme situations prevails. Sona Van's poetry represents...
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SONA VAN (en realidad: Ter-Hovhannisian) es una famosa poeta y viajera Armenia. Nació en Ereván, Armenia. Su abuelo, un respetado clérigo armenio de la ciudad de Van en Anatolia oriental (de ahí el seudónimo literario del poeta) en el terrible 1915, se quedó en Estambul con una gran parte de su familia. Todos fueron testigos presenciales o incluso víctimas de las atrocidades de las jóvenes milicias turcas.
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