Serzh Sargsyan congratulates Peter Balakian’s 65th birthday

YEREVAN, JUNE 13, ARMENPRESS. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory telegram on June 13 to Pulitzer Prize Laureate, poet Peter Balakian, on his 65th birthday.

“With your works, you have brought the Armenian Genocide issue to American literature, and once again reminded the international community about our people’s tragedy and rebirth.

Your works – full of high morality and fascinating charm - are loved and appreciated by both thousands of readers and critics, a vivid testimony of which is your recent Pulitzer Prize.

Your literary creations are universal and permanent.

In Armenia, people are proud of you and love you”, the message reads.