TBILISI, DECEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. An evening dedicated to the 110th birth and 70th death anniversary of Yeghishe Charents was held in the Caucasian House of Tbilisi on December 4. The event concluded the creative competition announced by the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia a few months ago, in which 30 intellectuals of different nationalities of Georgia, Charentsologists and admirers of the art of the poet had expressed desire to take part. According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Press and Information Department of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hrach Silvanian, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Georgia, handed diplomas and souvenirs to the winners of the competition: Artyush Gevorgian (first prize winner), Murad Mtvarelidze (second prize winner) and Lyudmila Oragvelidze (third prize winner). Lilit Hakobian, the Head of the Yeghishe Charents house-museum, handed letters of acknowledgement of the RA Ministry of Culture and museum souvenirs to the participants of the competition.

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