The broadcast is dedicated to the famous French writer and great proponent of realistic prose Hervé Bazin. He is considered to be the most read writer of the 1950s to 1980s. He was also a well-known public figure, a fighter for peace, and had been the Chairman of the Goncourt Academy since 1973. All of this shows the great importance he had in the literary life of France. Bazin was born in an aristocratic family, which was proud of its ancestors, among whom there were eminent lawyers, clergymen, scientists, soldiers, even a bishop and an academician. His father was a lawyer, worked at the Catholic University, and saw his son as a lawyer. Herve first studied at a Catholic gymnasium, then, at his parents' will, in the faculty of law of the university, but soon left it. The reason was his conflict with his parents, who did not accept their son's literary inclinations...
The dreams, visions and traditions that lead nations and define their identity. The vision of St. Gregory the Illuminator. Charents and Teryan’s dream of the Country of Nayiri. Henry David Thoreau: “There are whole nations ... without fancy or imagination.” Plato’s dream of a country ruled by philosophers. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech that reflects the vision of the just society.
- Speaker: Arpine Melkumyan
- Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan
The episode is dedicated to the Czech virtuoso violinist and composer Jan Kubelik (1880-1940). Contemporaries called him «New Paganini», «Liszt of the violin». He was a great patriot and held high the dignity of a musician: he refused the noble title and order offered by the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, but accepted with pleasure the portrait of Paganini and a bunch of his hair presented by his son.
