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Armenia: Literary Capital 2012

Written byOnnik Krikorian
Posted 6 September 2010 4:02 GMT

Ianyan provides a comprehensive report on news that Yerevan, the Armenian capital, will become UNESCO World Book Capital for 2012. The blog says that the city will be the 12th to hold the title, coincidentally in the same year that marks the 500th anniversary of the first printed book, but also points out the sorry state of libraries and literature in the former Soviet republic.

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