Ilon Wikland: Carlson was born in ParisNovember 19, 2009 - 18:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "In 1955, Astrid Lindgren, finishing her work on the book of stories about Carlson, sent me the manuscript, so I was able to create an image of Carlson. After some time I presented her the first image of my Carlson, looking at which she said: "No, it's not my Carlson. After that, I was looking for an image of Carlson for 6 months in Paris, where once on the street I saw a man in overalls, with disheveled hair, and I said myself: "This is Carlson! So he comes from Paris, " Ilona Wikland , the world-famous illustrator of books teller Astrid Lindgren said at the opening of the exhibition "Carlson, who knows how to fly". Exhibition of works by Ilon Wikland in the Yerevan-based National aesthetic center will run until December 3. The exhibition is organized by the Swedish office, consulate of Estonia in Armenia, "Youth achievements of Armenia" organization in the framework of events dedicated to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. "The event will give us the opportunity to reiterate the importance of public attention to the fundamental rights of children, " Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Armenia, Hans Gunnar Aden said. Students' miniatures on children's rights have been presented in Armenia. "Within 2 months, students of 20 schools from all regions of Armenia participated in the contest . The teams discussed the rights of children, and then wrote scripts and prepared small plays," "Youth achievements of Armenia" director Armine Hovhannisyan said. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said. Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani. POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |