Bedros Hadjian
Encyclopedia
Bedros Hadjian is a Buenos Aires
-based Armenian
writer, educator and journalist. In 1954, he became the headteacher of the Armenian school of Deir el Zor, in northern Syria, one of the destination points of Armenians marched off by Ottoman
authorities during the 1915 Armenian Genocide
.
After teaching Armenian History and Literature at the Haygazian Armenian School of Aleppo
from the mid-1960s, Hadjian was named in 1970 headteacher of the Karen Jeppe Gemaran, the biggest Armenian secondary school of Aleppo and one of the most prominent in the Armenian diaspora.
In 1970, Hadjian moved to Buenos Aires as the editor of Diario Armenia, an Armenian-language daily newspaper that became a weekly in the late 1980s, and the headteacher of Instituto Educativo San Gregorio El Iluminador, one of the biggest Armenian schools in South America
.
He remained the editor of Diario Armenia until 1986 and retired as the headmaster of San Gregorio El Iluminador.
Since 1986, he has devoted himself to writing fiction and non-fiction books, published in Buenos Aires, Aleppo and Yerevan
.
He is a frequent contributor to Armenian newspapers such as Haratch
in Paris, Nor Gyank in Los Angeles and Sardarabad in Buenos Aires on Armenian and Armenian diaspora affairs as well as literature and book reviews.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
-based Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
writer, educator and journalist. In 1954, he became the headteacher of the Armenian school of Deir el Zor, in northern Syria, one of the destination points of Armenians marched off by Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
authorities during the 1915 Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
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After teaching Armenian History and Literature at the Haygazian Armenian School of Aleppo
Aleppo
Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the capital of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,301,570 , expanding to over 2.5 million in the metropolitan area, it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant...
from the mid-1960s, Hadjian was named in 1970 headteacher of the Karen Jeppe Gemaran, the biggest Armenian secondary school of Aleppo and one of the most prominent in the Armenian diaspora.
In 1970, Hadjian moved to Buenos Aires as the editor of Diario Armenia, an Armenian-language daily newspaper that became a weekly in the late 1980s, and the headteacher of Instituto Educativo San Gregorio El Iluminador, one of the biggest Armenian schools in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
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He remained the editor of Diario Armenia until 1986 and retired as the headmaster of San Gregorio El Iluminador.
Since 1986, he has devoted himself to writing fiction and non-fiction books, published in Buenos Aires, Aleppo and Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
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He is a frequent contributor to Armenian newspapers such as Haratch
Haratch
Haratch was an Armenian daily newspaper based in France. Haratch was founded in 1925 by Schavarch Missakian.It has been renowned in attracting high profile names in Armenian literature including Shahan Shahnour, Schavarch Nartouni, Zareh Vorpouni, Hrant Samvel, Hrant Zartarian, Nchan...
in Paris, Nor Gyank in Los Angeles and Sardarabad in Buenos Aires on Armenian and Armenian diaspora affairs as well as literature and book reviews.
Books
- Grandes Figuras de la Cultura Armenia, Siglos V-X (Great Figures of the Armenian Culture, 5th to 10th Centuries) (Buenos Aires, 1987, in Armenian and Spanish).
- Grandes Figuras de la Cultura Armenia, Siglos XI-XVI (Great Figures of the Armenian Culture 11th to 16th Centuries) (Buenos Aires, 1989, in Armenian and Spanish).
- Armenian Grammar 1, 2 and 3 (Buenos Aires, 1991, in Armenian).
- Hrammetsek Baronner (Buenos Aires, 1999, in Armenian).
- Haryur Daree, Haryur Badmootyun (One Hundred Years, One Hundred Stories) (Buenos Aires, 2003, in Armenian; English version due in 2009).
- Gargemish (Aleppo, 2003, in Armenian).
- El Cinturón (The Belt) (Buenos Aires, 2005, in Spanish).
- Cien Años, Cien Historias (Buenos Aires, 2008, in Spanish, translated by Vartan Matiossian).
- Janabarh Tebi Garguemish' (The Road to Gargemish) (Yerevan, 2008, in Armenian).
- Haravë Spyurki Metch (The South in the Diaspora) (Aleppo, 2008, in Armenian).
- One Hundred Years, One Hundred Stories (Alepo, 2009, in English, translated by Aris Sevag).