MAASSLUIS, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The presentation of the Dutch translation of Armenian poet Vahe Arsen's collection of poems under the title Return of Green Gods took place in the Cultural Center of the city of Maassluis, Holland. The collection of poems was translated by Anna Maria Martirosjan-Mattaar. According to the RA Foreign Ministry, Vahe Arsen was awarded the annual prize Jambe 2010, and the Armenian Consulate was given the first sample of the collection of poems published in Dutch. This collection of poems is the first book translated into Dutch in the past decades. Anna Maria Martirosjan-Mattaar has also prepared for publishing into Dutch the David of Sassoon epic, which will be published this April.

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