Fridtjof Nansen’s volumes in Armenian

Today in the sittings hall of Armenian National Library will take place the presentation of the book of Nobel Peace prize Lauriat, the greatest humanist of the 20th century, the first honored Doctor of Yerevan State University Fridtjof Nansen.

As the National Library informed the 8 volume book of Nansen’s works will be presented; “In the Nature”, “Among the seals and the white bears”, “To the pole”, “Spitsbergen”, “To the country of future”, “Through Greenland by the skis: The life of the Eskimos”, “Fram in the pole sea” and “The betrayed nation”.

During the presentation will take place also the meeting of “Nansen” fund director Felix Bakhchinyan. The latter will receive the medal of Hakob Maghapart, besides that there will be an exhibition of F. Nansen’s books.

In the books telling about his impressions and trips F. Nansen has written about the Armenian people and Armenia itself. In the book “The betrayed nation” in particular presents the 20s of the 20th century in our country and the fortune of our nation, the inhuman violence of the Turkish and the diplomatic swindles.

The book “To the Pole” was translated by Mesrop Nubaryan and “Spitsbergen” was translated by Shushanik Nalbandyan.