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Matevosyan
Hrant Ignati Matevosyan (, 12 February 1935 – 19 December 2002) was an Armenian writer and screenwriter. By the time of his death he was considered Armenia's "most prominent and accomplished contemporary novelist". Biography Hrant Matevosyan was born in 1935 in the village of Ahnidzor, now located in Armenia's Lori Province. He studied in the village school then continued his education at the Pedagogical University of Kirovakan (now Vanadzor). In 1952 he moved to Yerevan where he worked at a printing house. From 1958 until 1962, Matevosyan was a proofreader for the magazine ''Sovetakan Grakanutyun'' ("Soviet Literature") and the newspaper ''Grakan Tert'' ("Literary Newspaper"). Matevosyan started his literary career in 1961 with an essay "Ahnidzor," which was an expression of a new outlook in literature and was not appreciated at first. His first story collection ''Ogostos'' (August) was published in 1967. Matevosyan became acclaimed as one of the pioneers of Armenian modern rur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We And Our Mountains
''We and Our Mountains'' (; ) is a 1969 Armenian comedy-drama film directed by Henrik Malyan and starring Azat Sherents, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Sos Sargsyan and Khoren Abrahamyan. The screenplay was adapted by Hrant Matevosyan on the basis of his own novella of the same title. Plot The film revolves around a comical story of four unlucky shepherds living high in the mountains of Armenia. One day, one of the shepherds, Ishkhan, finds some apparently ownerless sheep, which the shepherds slaughter and eat. While they are eating, Revaz, their neighbor, comes and joins them. Revaz asks about his lost sheep, and it is revealed that the slaughtered sheep belonged to him. A fight nearly breaks out between Revaz and two hot-heated shepherds, Pavle and Zaven, but Ishkhan defuses the situation, and Revaz is sent away with money and is promised goods in the fall to compensate for the sheep. A serious young policeman learns about the incident and comes to investigate, but Revaz evades his questions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
