YEREVAN, OCTOBER 1, ARMENPRESS: Culture Ministry of Armenia has awarded two writers who participated in “Literary Ark” international festival with “Grigor Narekatsi” medal. Claudio Pozzani (Italy) and Victoria Chembartseva (Moldova) have been awarded for strengthening the cultural ties.

This year, Literary Ark 2014 International Festival launched at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts’ Special Events Auditorium on September 19. A presentation of the collected works written after the Literary Ark 2013 festival was held during the opening ceremony.

The festival hosted writers and poets from 11 countries. Writers from France, Italy, Croatia, Russia, Poland, Great Britain, Denmark and other countries arrived to participate in the festival’s works.