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"Artem Harutyunyan (, born September 19, 1945 in Stepanakert) is an Armenian writer, translator, critic, Doctor of Philology, Professor, member of Writers Union of Armenia, Biography Artem Harutyunyan was born in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabagh, in 1945. After graduating from Yerevan State University, he earned his PhD in American and English Literature from Moscow's Maxsim Gorky Institute of World Literature, Professor (1991). Harutyunyan has served as NKR representative to Washington in 1994–1995. thumbnail Harutyunyan is the author of nine books of poetry: Land of signs (1977), which was awarded Armenia's "Best Book of the Year", Vista(1979), translated into Russian and awarded Russia's Maxsim Gorkiy Award, Threshold (1984), and Words of Presence (1988). He is also the recipient of France's Rene Char Award, and the V. Tekeyan as well as H. Ouzounyan literary awards for his Conflagration of an Ancient Land, published in the United States in 1994. Letter to Noeh and Other Poems (New York City, 1994) is his first book in English. Harutyunyan has lectured at the universities of Moscow, the Sorbonne, Monpellier, Paul Valery, Darham and Cleveland State University. He is Professor of Foreign Literature and Literary Criticism at Yerevan State University, and is a Fulbright Scholar for 1994, at Colgate University, he is also second term Fulbright Professor for 2001, at USLA (Los Angeles). His two other important books of poetry in Armenian are Letter to Noah and other poems (Yerevan, 1997), and in 2003, the honorary title of winner of state prize of the Republic of Armenia was granted to Artem Harutyunyan for his book Juda's vocation (Yerevan, 2003). Translations Harutyunyan is also prolific translator and critic, who have translated from English, French and Russian. Among his Armenian translations are James Joyce's Dubliners (Yerevan, 1983), and an anthology of British and American poetry of twentieth century: Selections from American and British poets, which is part poetry anthology, part critical treatise (Yerevan, 2000). His Armenian translations also include Peter Balakian's novel Black dog of fate (2002, Yerevan), and his poetry collection Sad days of light (2008, Yerevan). His critical works include A History of the English Novel (Yerevan, 1992) and The Main Trends of Development in Postwar American Poetry: 1945-1980 (Yerevan, 1986), which was the first doctoral thesis in the former USSR on contemporary American poetry. Awards * Stambul International Festival Prize, 2010 * Stockholm International Festival Prize, 2008 * Laureate of Armenia's state award, 2003 (for the book "Juda's Holiday") * Rene Sharie Prize, 1989 * Maxim Gorki Prize, 1983 * Dilan Ttmas Prize, 1983 References External links *Artem Harutyunyan, Telepoems from "Shushi" and "Babelon" hotel towers, Yerevan, «Tigran Mets», 2010: *Artem Harutyunyan, press conference Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:People from Stepanakert Category:Armenian writers Category:Armenian translators Category:Armenian male writers Category:Armenian academics "
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"Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan (7 December 1924 – 26 January 2015) was a Pakistani businesswoman, politician, industrialist and a social worker from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. She was chairperson of the Saif Group of companies from 1964 to 1990. Begum Kulsum remained a parliamentarian and a federal minister in Pakistan in the 1970s and 1980s. Early life and career Kulsum was born in 1924 in Karak in Kohat into an Pashtun family. She was a sister of two eminent Pakistani politicians of the area Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak and Yusuf Khattak. Kulsum was married to a then well-known businessman of Ghaznikhel Lakki Marwat, Khan Saifullah Khan, who was a Khan of the Mawat Tribe. She had five sons with him: Anwar Saifullah Khan, Salim Saifullah Khan, Humayun Saifullah Khan, Javed Saifullah Khan and the famous cardiologist Iqbal Saifullah Khan. She went ahead and developed her late husband's business to the extent that in 2017 it is one of the leading business conglomerates of Pakistan in the fields of textiles, power generation, oil and gas exploration and telecommunications industries. She was jailed during Zia regime.http://newsweekpakistan.com/formidable-pashtun-lady/ Awards, death and legacy * Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Distinction) by the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf in 2008.Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan's Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award listed on Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 March 2008, Retrieved 1 October 2017 * Begum Kulsum had the distinction of being the first woman federal minister in Pakistan's history. She had also served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. * When her husband Saifullah Khan suddenly died in 1964 at the age of 49, she stepped forward to take over his business despite her lack of formal business training and her responsibilities of raising a family. She later wrote a book on her business management and business dealings called 'Meri Tanha Parwaz' (My Solo Flight). * In Pakistan, she was socially very active as well. Begum Kulsum was a founding member of All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA) since 1947. She worked closely with and was an advisor to Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan, the founder of APWA, till 1951. *She died on 26 January 2015 at age 91. References Category:1924 births Category:2015 deaths Kulsum Category:Pakistani women in business Category:Federal ministers of Pakistan Category:Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz Category:Pakistani chief executives Category:Pakistani philanthropists Kulsum Category:Women federal ministers of Pakistan Category:Pakistani prisoners and detainees "