ARMENIAN BOOK COLLECTION GROWS 700 VOLUMES ENRICH CITY LIBRARY.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer BURBANK - About 700 Armenian-language books from the estate of a local teacher have been donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. to the Burbank Public Library, nearly doubling its collection of works related to that culture. The books were donated by the family of Khatchik Araradian of Hollywood, who died last year at age 90. They should appear on library shelves within three months. ``There's a lot of older people in Burbank, older Armenians, who don't necessarily have the money to buy these books brand-new, so they could go in and check it out and read it,'' said Bedig Araradian, 45, of Burbank, a nephew NEPHEW, dom. rel. The son of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 Jacob's Ch. R. 207. of the teacher. The volumes include a translation of P.L. Travers' ``Mary Poppins'' and a translation of plays by William Saroyan Noun 1. William Saroyan - United States writer of plays and short stories (1908-1981) Saroyan . There are also books by famous Armenian authors, such as Avetik Isahakyan, Silva Kaputikyan Sirvard Barunaki "Silva" Kaputikyan (Սիլվա Կապուտիկյան in Armenian) (20 January 1919 - 25 August 2006) was a 20th century Armenian writer and poet. and Hakob Oshakan. There are also textbooks and other nonfiction non·fic·tion n. 1. Prose works other than fiction: I've read her novels but not her nonfiction. 2. The category of literature consisting of works of this kind. in the donation. Librarian Isabelle Kotikian said she expects nearly all the books to be added to the library's collection. The Burbank library has about 400,000 books - about 8,663 of them in non-English languages including Spanish, French and Japanese. Araradian taught children about plays and theater at local Armenian schools, including Holy Martyrs
``He loved reading. Every time he went out, he saw a book that he liked (and) bought it,'' said Alec Araradian, 40, of Burbank, another nephew. Khatchik Araradian bought the books in local Armenian bookstores after he settled in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in 1977 from Lebanon. The books are among 1,000 donated books in Armenian or about Armenia or Armenians that the library has received this year. The library system had about 500 Armenian books before the donations. In March the library received about 150 books about the Armenian Genocide  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and Armenian history and put those books into circulation. An additional 100 books for children in Armenian were donated over the summer and put into circulation. A group called Books for Burbank organized the donations with involvement by the local chapter of the Armenian National Committee. ``The reason we reached out to the community was we realized we weren't meeting the needs of the Armenian community, and our book budget didn't really give us a lot of money to go out and purchase what we needed,'' said Sharon Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , director of library services. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (ran in Glen/Bur edition only) Librarian Isabelle Kotikian shows some of about 700 Armenian-language books, donated from the estate of teacher Khatchik Araradian, that she is cataloging for the Burbank Public Library. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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