Meeting with Hovsep Nalbandyan at Gyumri


    On October 4, the literary critic, bibliographer, translator, social worker,publicist, member of the Writers 'Union of Armenia, Vice-President of the Armenian Writers' Union of the State of California Hovsep Nalbandyan visited Shirak's Regional Library accompanied with the director of the City Central Library after Av Isahakyan and Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia Hasmik Karapetyan and the worker of the department of Public Relations and Events Angin Avoyan. The first part of the meeting consists of library tour where the director of the library Geveorg Amiryan showed the library and the guests got acquanted with the activities and programs of the library. The director introduced different sections of the library, the fund of the library and books-photographic exhibitions about opera and music, architecture and sculpture, cinematography. Shirak Regional Library's building was built in 1895 and in 2012 the library moved to this building.The second part is discussion-meeting with famed intellectual. Among the guests there are librarians, readers,representatives of the Shirak branch of the Writers Union of Armenia with leadership of Andranik Karapetyan . Representing the life and literary career of Mr. Nalbandyan the director said:
"The existence of the people like you is one of the most important pillars of identity and mentioned that the author donated 27 piece of books to the library. The conversation of the bibliographer went on around various issues. According to him, governments are changing, but homeland no.The participants listened some works from the author's book titled :"The Book of love", which were read by poetess Lusine Aghabekyan, librarians of Foreign Literature Department Seda Gevorgyan and Isabella Ghandilyan, librarian of the Children's Department Marine Mkrtchyan. The meeting came to the end with congratulations and wishes on the occasion of Librarians Day.

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