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This essay analyses the novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel through the lens of rediscovering the Armenian identity, both individually and collectively. Does a people have the right, through its political (and religious) leaders, to
Jan 31, 2012 · The Forty Days of Musa Dagh is an historical novel written by Franz Werfel. It is a very accurate acccount of the futil battle waged by the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. The purge by the Turkish Government of Armenians from Turkey, their ancient homeland for 3000 years, reulted in the merciless murder of one and a half million Armenians.
- Franz Werfel
Jan 4, 2018 · A bestseller and Werfel's masterpiece, the book brought the Armenian genocide to the world's attention for the first time but was burned by the Nazis. Werfel, an Austrian Jew, was forced to flee Europe, narrowly escaping with his life. He died in Los Angeles in 1945.
Sep 9, 2023 · This year marks the 90 th anniversary of Franz Werfel’s historical novel, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, originally published in German in 1933 and subsequently translated to numerous languages including Turkish. It is only fitting that special events and programs are organized around the world to publicize the importance of this milestone.
mass violence may appear more visible than it does in reality. This is indeed the case in Franz Werfel’s depiction of the Armenian genocide. Through literature, Werfel is able to reveal certain truths about the origins of the Armenian genocide, the perpetrators who were responsible for it, and the effect of unimaginable suffering on its victims.
Johannes Lepsius. Johannes Lepsius (15 December 1858, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia – 3 February 1926, Meran, Kingdom of Italy) was a German Protestant missionary, Orientalist, and humanist with a special interest in trying to prevent the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. He initially studied mathematics and philosophy in Munich and a ...
Dec 1, 2021 · Jean-Marc Lafon, "Franz Werfel and the Armenian Genocide. Relevance of a look, prophecy of a speech?", In Patrick Louvier, Annick Asso, Héléna Demirdjian, Expressing the Armenian Genocide.
