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Excerpt from
THE STORY OF YUSUF
Translated by Alistair Ian Blyth
The Book of Whispers begins in a picturesque register, on a lane of the Armenian quarter of Focsani in the 1950s, among the steam of freshly roasted coffee and the scents of grandmother Armenuhi’s larder, among the old books and photographs of grandfather Garabet. But the reader is not left to savour the intimacy of this hearth and home and nor is he invited to chat with the merry folk who in peacetime spin stories about Ara the Fair and Tigran the Great. Varujan Vosganian’s “old Armenians from childhood” have no delectable tales to tell, but rather events that are thoroughly disturbing. In narrating these events, they attempt to disburden themselves of a trauma – their own and that of their forbears.
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Source: Ha’aretz / Israel
"Cartea soaptelor" ("The Book of Whispers") by Varujan Vosganian, Poirom, 528 pages
No one expected Varujan Vosganian to write the best novel in Romanian literature. He was, after all, the finance minister of Romania until not very long ago. He is an economist and mathematician by profession, a talented rhetorician, a brilliant intellectual, president of the Armenians Union of Romania and vice president of the Romanian Writers' Union.
Although he has written poetry in the past, this book (which has not been translated as yet into English) is entirely different. From the first page of his first prose work, "The Book of Whispers," the unbelievable happens and the surprise is clear and powerful: This is a classic, a true literary celebration. Vosganian's whispers are truly mesmerizing. Regardless of cultural status or political-literary association, readers bleed with the vanquished, are persecuted and flee with them, and become Armenians like them.
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"The last supper", "L'ultima cena" is one of the most passionate themes which, starting with the religious motif has spread along the centuries, overcoming physical boundaries and symbolic interpretations.
Probably the most known artistic approach on this subject is the huge mural in oil and tempera painted by Leonardo da Vinci in Milano, upon request by the Duque Sforza and the Duchess Beatrice. The 13 characters, Jesus and his apostles have been given expressions and attitudes that have remained anthological.
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Niram Art Awards 2010 & Literary Contest “Eminescu – as seen by the Spanish” |
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Niram Art Publishing House together with Niram Art Magazine announce the finalization of the Literary Contest (Novel) entitled “Eminescu – as seen by the Spanish” and the Ceremony of the Niram Art Awards 2010.
From all the works about the great poet Mihai Eminescu that were submitted to the contest, the jury selected, in a second phase, 10 novels. Out of these, the winning novel will receive the Niram Art Novel Award of the amount of 6000 Euros, as well as the Niram Art Trofy – sculpture by the artist Bogdan Ater and the publishing of the literary work.
The Jury consisted of: Horia Barna (dir. ICR Madrid and Editor of Niram Art Publishing House), Fabianni Belemuski (Director of Niram Art Magazine), Eva Defeses (journalist, Defeses Fine Arts PR Agency), Thomas Abraham (Niram Art Publishing House) and artist Ruben Dario (owner of Niram Art Magazine).
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INTERVIEW WITH THE ISRAELI PHOTOGRAPHER NATALIE SCHOR by Eva Defeses |
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 E.D. You studied Art History at the University of Tel Aviv. Why did you choose Photography and when did you discover the magic of the photographic art?
N.S. I was already a student when my boyfriend, Sharon, bought me a digital camera for our fifth anniversary. I started to take my camera almost everywhere I went, catching things that seemed to me interesting enough, without directing or planning ahead. Soon, I fell in love with this occupation and began taking basic photography classes, honestly I have never imagined this would turn out to be my dream…
E.D. Your photographies are glimpses of reality. What do you take in consideration when you shoot a picture?
N.S. The technical aspect is secondary to me. Firstly, I concentrate on the topic, the original situation. I love a theme that conceals a story, while it aims at something I can relate to. Clearly I make sure there is proper lighting, and I choose to place the object in the most interesting angle possible. The tendency is of course interesting colors that attract the eye.
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