{"id":384,"date":"2013-11-19T07:12:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T07:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2020-06-18T08:53:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T08:53:48","slug":"pakin-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/pakin\/pakin-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakin History"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first issue of the literary and cultural monthly<\/span> Pakin<\/span><\/i> (altar) was published in January 1962, in Beirut, Lebanon, under the helm of Garo Sassouni, the executive editor, and Yedvart Boyajian and Boghos Snabian as editors-in-chief. The editorial board was comprised of well-known writers Haroutioun Keghart, Dikran Vosgouni, Papken Papazian, and Vahe Oshagan. In 1963, the 18th World Assembly of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) hailed <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> as a publication destined to fulfill the literary and artistic needs of the Armenian diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pakin<\/span><\/i>\u2019s creed was outlined in its initial issue in an article entitled \u201cAt the Altar.\u201d The new magazine aspired to become a platform where it would assemble writers of the Armenian diaspora, and it<\/span> would extend to novice writers the same encouragement and promotion it would confer upon established names in the Armenian literary landscape. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since the very beginning, <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> adhered to the notion of continuity between nations and cultures, and it rejected the predominance of materialistic values over spiritual ideals. Therefore, <\/span>Pakin <\/span><\/i>would not limit itself to conventional literary genres; in order to keep abreast of new literary directions, <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> would also strive to feature international writers and avant-garde literary movements.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1966, following the death of Yetvart Boyadjian, the editorial responsibility for <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> was handed to Boghos Snabian. Over the next 35 years, Snabian ensured the uninterrupted publication of <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> as a monthly, and from 1996 as a quarterly. During his tenure, the 20 special issues dedicated to prominent Armenian writers became important contributions in the field of studies in Armenian literature. His legacy also includes the gravitation of both senior and novice writers to <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i>, the publication of unpublished manuscripts, and the translation of non-Armenian literary output into Armenian. Above all, <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> vehemently pursued the survival of Western Armenian, opposed literary distortions, particularly the censorial politics of Soviet Armenia, and played a notable role in developing literary and cultural tastes.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2003, due to Snabian\u2019s declining health, Hagop Balian was appointed editor of\u00a0Pakin,<\/em>\u00a0and Sonia Kiledjian as assistant editor.\u00a0Pakin<\/em>\u00a0now assumed a new image. After Kiledjian left the position in 2007, the\u00a0Pakin\u00a0<\/em>staff successively included Arpi Hamparian as administrative secretary (2007-2009), Seta Krikorian as assistant editor (2009-2012), Nazo Kevorkian as administrative secretary (2012-2014), Nora Parseghian as assistant editor (2014-2018). In January 2019 Arin Chekijian was appointed administrative assistant, and in June 2020, Dr. Vartan Matiossian assumed the position of assistant editor.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2015, former editor Hagop Balian retired, and in January 2016, Sonia Kiledjian-Ajemian was appointed as editor-in-chief of Pakin<\/em>. Once more,\u00a0Pakin<\/em>\u00a0was reignited, putting a spotlight on the contemporary directions of Armenian art and letters.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> was published due to the financial support of successive ARF Bureaus and the Hamazkayin Central Executive Boards. Its literary credo, its persistence to feature authors from both the diaspora and the Republic of Armenia, and its mission of preserving Western Armenian culture, have carved for <\/span>Pakin<\/span><\/i> a unique niche in the Armenian diaspora press.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first issue of the literary and cultural monthly Pakin (altar) was published in January 1962, in Beirut, Lebanon, under the helm of Garo Sassouni, the executive editor, and Yedvart Boyajian and Boghos Snabian as editors-in-chief. The editorial board was comprised of well-known writers Haroutioun Keghart, Dikran Vosgouni, Papken Papazian, and Vahe Oshagan. In 1963,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42615,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-384","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5sdOs-6c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}