Anahide Ter Minassian born Anahide Kévonian (26 August 1929 – 11 February 2019) was a French historian of Armenian origin who specialised in modern Armenian history, particularly the pre- and post-Soviet period of Armenian history, and the Armenian revolutionary movement.[1]
Anahide Ter Minassian | |
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| Born | Anahide Kévonian 26 August 1929 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 February 2019 (aged 89) Fresnes, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | historian, writer |
| Known for | Modern Armenian history |
| Spouse | Leon Ter Minassian |
| Children | 4 |
Life
editTer Minassian was born in Paris in 1929. Her stateless Armenian parents were Levon Kévonian and Armenouhie Der-Garabédian, who taught her Armenian and refused to send her to a French school until she was seven. She would in time marry the son of Armenian statesman Ruben Ter-Minasian, Leon Ter Minassian,[1] who was also a stateless Armenian. They had four children, including historian Taline Ter Minassian.[2]
She went to the Sorbonne where she studied History and Geography and she became a lecturer at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and at Paris I University.[2] In 1969 she went to work at the Sorbonne.[3]
After 40 years of service, she was made a knight of the légion d'honneur in 2015.[4]
Ter Minassian died in Fresnes in 2019.[1] In 2020 a book of Vahé Oshagan's poetry, "Onction", was published in French. His poetry had been translated from Armenian by Ter Minassian.[5]
Anahide Ter Minassian's younger brother, Kéram Kévonian (born 1942), is also a specialist in Armenian history.[6]
Works
edit- La Question Arménienne (Marseille, 1983)[7]
- Nationalism and Socialism in the Armenian Revolutionary Movement (1887-1912) (Cambridge, Mass., 1984)
- 1918-1920-La République d’Arménie (Bruxelles, 1989, 2006)
- Histoires croisées: diaspora, Arménie, Transcaucasie (Marseille, 1997)
- Smyrne, la ville oubliée?: mémoires d’un grand port ottoman, 1830-1930 (editions Autrement, 2006)
- Nos terres d’enfance, l’Arménie des souvenirs, avec Houri Varjabédian (Marseille, 2010)
References
edit- ^ a b c "French-Armenian Historian Anahide Ter Minassian Dies at 85". The Armenian Weekly. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ a b Mirror-Spectator, The Armenian (14 February 2019). "Obituary: Prof. Anahide Ter Minassian, Noted Historian". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ Anahide Ter Minassian (in Turkish).
- ^ Décret du 31 décembre 2015 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved 6 December 2019
- ^ "Onction". Editions Parenthèses (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "ACAM - Livres arméniens - KEVONIAN , Kéram". www.acam-france.org. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "La question arménienne". Editions Parenthèses (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2019.