{"id":1370,"date":"2021-03-24T01:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T05:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kragan.horizonweekly.ca\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2021-03-24T01:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T05:43:57","slug":"lettres-darmene-ohanian-a-auguste-rodin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kragan.horizonweekly.ca\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"Lettres d\u2019Arm\u00e8ne Ohanian \u00e0 Auguste Rodin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Vartan Matiossian et Artsvi Bakhchinyan<\/h5>\n<p>\u054d\u057f\u0578\u0580\u0565\u0582 \u056f\u0568 \u0570\u0580\u0561\u057f\u0561\u0580\u0561\u056f\u0565\u0576\u0584 \u0586\u0580\u0561\u0576\u057d\u0561\u0581\u056b \u0570\u057c\u0579\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0582\u0578\u0580 \u0561\u0580\u0571\u0561\u0576\u0561\u0563\u0578\u0580\u056e \u0555\u056f\u056b\u0582\u057d\u057f \u054c\u0578\u057f\u0567\u0576\u056b (1840-1917) \u0569\u0561\u0576\u0563\u0561\u0580\u0561\u0576\u056b \u0561\u0580\u056d\u056b\u0582\u056b\u0576 \u0574\u0567\u057b 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\u0561\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0565\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0578\u0582\u0570\u056b\u0576 \u057f\u0561\u056e\u0561\u056e \u0567 \u0570\u057c\u0579\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0582\u0578\u0580 \u0586\u0580\u0561\u0576\u057d\u0561\u0581\u056b\u056b\u0576 \u0570\u0561\u0576\u0564\u0567\u057a\u0589<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u054e\u0531\u0550\u0534\u0531\u0546 \u0544\u0531\u054f\u0539\u0537\u0548\u054d\u0535\u0531\u0546 (\u0546\u056b\u0582 \u0573\u0568\u0580\u0566\u056b)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u0531\u0550\u053e\u0548\u0552\u053b \u0532\u0531\u053d\u0549\u053b\u0546\u0535\u0531\u0546 (\u0535\u0580\u0565\u0582\u0561\u0576)<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Au cours de sa vie \u00e0 Paris dans les ann\u00e9es 1910-20, Arm\u00e8ne Ter-Ohanian<sup>(1)<\/sup> (1887-1976), c\u00e9l\u00e8bre danseuse et \u00e9crivaine arm\u00e9nienne, a connu de nombreuses c\u00e9l\u00e9brit\u00e9s de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 fran\u00e7aise: \u00e9crivains, artistes, personnalit\u00e9s politiques. L\u2019un des plus remarquables \u00e9pisodes de cette p\u00e9riode parisienne fut sa connaissance avec Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), sculpteur fran\u00e7ais de renomm\u00e9e mondiale.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Leur rencontre aurait sans doute eu lieu en 1913, chez une amie proche d\u2019Ohanian, Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972), \u00e9crivaine am\u00e9ricaine expatri\u00e9 \u00e0 Paris. Sa r\u00e9sidence, au 20, rue Jacob, dans le Quartier latin, est devenue le lieu de r\u00e9unions hebdomadaires des \u00e9crivains fran\u00e7ais et \u00e9trangers, artistes de tout genre et autres intellectuels, en continuant les rencontres dej\u00e0 initi\u00e9s dans sa maison \u00e0 Neuilly. M\u00eame s\u2019ils parlaient surtout litt\u00e9rature, tous les sujets \u00e9taient permis, allant des arts aux derniers potins et de la musique \u00e0 la politique. Depuis 1913, leurs r\u00e9unions se tenaient tous les vendredis de 17 \u00e0 20 heures de mai \u00e0 juillet puis d\u2019octobre \u00e0 d\u00e9cembre. Dans les ann\u00e9es 1910, les habitu\u00e9s du salon \u00e9taient, entre autres, Pierre Lou\u00ffs, J.-C. Mardrus et son \u00e9pouse Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, le comte Robert de Montesquieu, \u00e9crivain dandy, Paul Claudel et Anatole France, des futur Prix Nobel de la Litt\u00e9rature, ainsi qu\u2019Auguste Rodin. \u00c0 Neuilly et a rue Jacob,\u00a0le salon de Barney, l\u2019un des plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres \u00e0 la Cit\u00e9-Lumi\u00e8re, a continu\u00e9 pour plus de soixante ans, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin des 1960s.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Nathalie Barney \u00e9tait bien connue pour ses positions contre la guerre, qu\u2019elle r\u00e9p\u00e9tait souvent au cours de leurs s\u00e9ances au salon. Le 26 juillet 1915, elle a organis\u00e9 une \u00abheure de m\u00e9moire\u00bb en hommage des jeunes po\u00e8tes morts pendant la guerre, qui a eu lieu en face du petit \u00abTemple de l\u2019Amiti\u00e9\u00bb \u00e9rig\u00e9e dans le jardin de sa maison. Le programme comprenait un morceau de musique de Paul Dupin, des danses d\u2019Ohanian accompagn\u00e9es de lyre et de fl\u00fbte, et des lectures des \u0153uvres de deux po\u00e8tes homosexuels, Ren\u00e9e Vivien (1877-1909), l\u2019un des ex-amants de Barney, et Robert d\u2019Humi\u00e8res (1868-1915), tu\u00e9 au front exactement deux mois auparavant. Auguste Rodin, aussi Oskar Milosz (l\u2019\u00e9crivain lituanien d\u2019expression fran\u00e7aise) figuraient parmi les invit\u00e9s<sup>(2)<\/sup>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Auguste Rodin s\u2019int\u00e9ressait \u00e0 la danse depuis longtemps. Il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 peint Isadora Duncan et ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves, ainsi que le Ballet Royal du Cambodge. \u00c0 la fin du mois de mai 1915, apr\u00e8s son retour d\u2019Italie, son secr\u00e9taire Marcelle Tirel est all\u00e9e le voir dans son atelier, o\u00f9 il faisait une \u00e9tude du Pape Beno\u00eet XV. Ils ont parl\u00e9 de ses impressions du voyage: <i>\u00abPendant cette conversation, entra M. L\u00e9once B\u00e9n\u00e9dite (c\u2019\u00e9tait la premi\u00e8re fois que je le voyais). Il \u00e9tait accompagn\u00e9 de Mme Arm\u00e8ne Ohanian, tout \u00e0 fait charmante, qui emporta une rose que Rodin avait apport\u00e9e de Meudon pour moi et que j\u2019avais mise sur la table. On r\u00e9admira le Pape et les compliments reprirent. Ils ne furent interrompus que par l\u2019arriv\u00e9e d\u2019un vieux antiquaire sale qui apportait \u00e0 Rodin des \u00e9toffes et des miniatures persanes\u00bb<\/i><sup>(3)<\/sup>. B\u00e9n\u00e9dite a \u00e9t\u00e9 directeur du Mus\u00e9e de Luxembourg et pr\u00e9sident de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des peintres orientalistes, o\u00f9 Ohanian avait dans\u00e9 en 1914. Il deviendra plus tard le premier directeur du Mus\u00e9e Rodin.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00c0 cette m\u00eame \u00e9poque, L\u00e9von Pachalian, \u00e9crivain arm\u00e9nien vivant \u00e0 Londres, a \u00e9crit \u00e0 Archag Tchobanian, en termes \u00e9logieux, au sujet de l\u2019\u00abincroyable succ\u00e8s \u00e0 Paris\u00bb de la danseuse:<i> \u00abImagine qu\u2019elle a dans\u00e9 pendant deux heures dans l\u2019atelier de Rodin pour le ma\u00eetre, et le vieux homme \u00e9tait tellement enthousiaste qu\u2019il voulait faire sa sculpture! Le directeur du Mus\u00e9e de Luxembourg a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu\u2019il allait imm\u00e9diatement acheter la statue pour le mus\u00e9e. C\u2019est quelque chose au-del\u00e0 de la gloire: l\u2019immortalit\u00e9!\u00bb<\/i><sup>(4)<\/sup> Malheureusement, cela n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u2019une id\u00e9e irr\u00e9aliste. Il n\u2019y a pas de preuve documentaire que cette statue eut \u00e9t\u00e9 sculpt\u00e9e. Sinon, elle figurerait sans doute dans le portfolio de la danseuse.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ayant appris que le sculpteur fran\u00e7ais et la danseuse arm\u00e9nienne se connaissaient, nous nous sommes adress\u00e9s au Mus\u00e9e Rodin \u00e0 Paris, leur demandant s\u2019ils poss\u00e9daient tout mat\u00e9riaux concernant Arm\u00e8ne Ohanian. Bient\u00f4t, nous avons re\u00e7u une r\u00e9ponse positive: les archives du Mus\u00e9e conservent trois lettres (non dat\u00e9es) et deux cartes de visites envoy\u00e9es par la danseuse \u00e0 Rodin. Maeva Abillard, attach\u00e9e de conservation\u00a0charg\u00e9e des dessins et des photographies du Mus\u00e9e Rodin, nous a envoy\u00e9 les photos num\u00e9riques de ces lettres et cartes, pour lequel nous la remercions profond\u00e9ment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ci-dessous nous publions pour la premi\u00e8re fois la transcription exacte des lettres d\u2019Arm\u00e8ne Ohanian, adress\u00e9es \u00e0 Auguste Rodin. Il y a des erreurs de langue qui nous avons pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 de ne pas corriger. La premi\u00e8re est une lettre o\u00f9 Ohanian exprime sa joie \u00e0 Rodin, les autres sont de petits messages. De plus, le mus\u00e9e poss\u00e8de une photographie faite par le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre photographe Anglo-Allemand Emil Otto Hoppe (1878-1972) repr\u00e9sentant la danseuse avec une annotation \u00e0 l\u2019attention de Rodin, ainsi qu\u2019une traduction de quatrain de Ghemery avec la signature d\u2019Ohanian.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-1-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mardi<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cher Ma\u00eetre,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Apr\u00e8s des longues h\u00e9sitations j\u2019ose vous \u00e9crire, quoique probablement vous avez d\u00e9j\u00e0 oubli\u00e9 la petite et sauvage asiatique qui dansait pour vous l\u2019autre jour dans votre palais plein de vos chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Si vous saviez avec quelle impatience elle conte les jours qui doivent passer avant qu\u2019elle pourra frapper \u00e0 vos portes. Si vous saviez tous ses r\u00eaveries, tous ses esp\u00e9rances de bonheur de voir encore vos yeux d\u2019artiste inspir\u00e9 se reposant sur elle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mais vous reverrai-je encore?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ne seront-ils pas vos yeux, indiff\u00e9rent vers tout ce que vous a frapp\u00e9 dans mes danses sauvages?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">O, si quelqu\u2019un aurait pu me dire, o non, mon exile ne m\u2019aurait pas \u00e9t\u00e9 si cruel!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Vous reverrai-je encore, frapperai-je de nouveau \u00e0 vos portes? S\u2019ouvriront-ils pour moi aussi hospitalieusement comme ceci \u00e9tait il y a 10 jours?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Je veux croire et vivre en esp\u00e9rant pleine de bonheur, de r\u00eaver de la beaut\u00e9 dont sont pleines vos mains myst\u00e9rieuses.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arm\u00e8ne Ter-Ohanian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>(Sur du papier \u00e0 l\u2019en-t\u00eate de l\u2019Hotel Savoy, de Londres)<\/i><sup><i>(5)<\/i><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-2-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Salut \u00e0 mon Ma\u00eetre!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Quand pourrai-je d\u00e9poser \u00e0 ses pieds mes humbles hommages d\u2019admiration?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mais que pourront dire l\u2019admiration les plus fr\u00e9n\u00e9tiques \u00e0 celui qui a mis sur ses pierres la fr\u00e9n\u00e9sie du monde entier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arm\u00e8ne Ter- Ohanian.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\/ Paris.\/ 24 rue de Ponthieu.\/ Mardi<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-3-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mon cher Ma\u00eetre<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Voulez vous en hommage \u00e0 des jeunes po\u00e8tes tu\u00e9s pour leur ch\u00e8re France honorer par votre pr\u00e9sence l\u2019audition de leurs vers, qui seront dit par Suzanne Despr\u00e8s<sup>(6)<\/sup> et Berthe Bady<sup>(7)<\/sup> dans le jardin de Miss Barney lundi \u00e0 3 h.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Je passerai demain pour un instant savoir si vous viendrez. Vous verrez vos amis Remy de Gourmont<sup>(8)<\/sup> et Duchesse Clermont Tonnerre<sup>(9)<\/sup>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A vous respectueusement<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arm\u00e8ne Ter-Ohanian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-4-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">39, rue de l\u2019Arbal\u00e8te <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mon cher maitre et roi Davide,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Comme nous serons heureuses, moi, Miss Barney et la Baronne de Brimont(10), d\u2019honneur d\u2019\u00eatre re\u00e7ues par vous pour d\u00e9poser aux pieds de vos marbres nos hommages \u00e0 leur cr\u00e9ateur.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">J\u2019esp\u00e8re un mot de vos mains sacr\u00e9es indiquant le jour et l\u2019heure.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arm\u00e8ne Ohanian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-5- <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>(Sur la 1\u00e8re lettre \u00e0 la Princesse Karamat-es-Saltane)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A mon Ma\u00eetre<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">le Grand Magicien<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">August Rodin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Le Roi Davide)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">D\u2019Arm\u00e8ne Ter-Ohanian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Paris 1915<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-6-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>(sur sa carte de visite)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A mon Ma\u00eetre et mon roi Davide tous les meilleurs souhaits<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">39, rue de l\u2019Arbal\u00e8te <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-7-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>La traduction de ce quatrain de Ghemery<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tu as vu, j\u2019ai vu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">toi un jour, moi l\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tu as donn\u00e9, moi, j\u2019ai donn\u00e9<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">toi ton c\u0153ur, moi mon \u00e2me<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tu as fait, moi, j\u2019ai fait<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">toi un cadeau, moi une [sic] sacrifice<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tu es parti, moi je suis parti<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">toi de pr\u00e8s de moi, moi de ce monde.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arm\u00e8ne<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1 Voir notre livre: Artsvi Bakhchinyan, Vartan Matiossian, <i>\u00abShamakhetsi paruhin. Arm\u00e8ne Ohaniani kianke yev gortse\u00bb<\/i> (La Danseuse de Shamakha: la vie et l\u2019\u0153uvre d\u2019Arm\u00e8ne Ohanian), Erevan: Presse du Mus\u00e9e de la Litt\u00e9rature et des Arts, 2007.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2 O. V. de L. Milosz, <i>\u00abLettres a Natalie Clifford Barney\u00bb<\/i>, Cahiers de l\u2019Association des Amis de Milosz, 12, 1976, p. 8; Suzanne Rodr\u00edguez, <i>Wild Heart, a Life\u00a0: Natalie Clifford Barney\u2019s Journey from Victorian America to the Literary Salons of Paris<\/i>, New York, Harper and Collins, p. 2003, p. 221. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">3 Marcelle Tirel, <i>Rodin intime ou l\u2019envers d\u2019une gloire,<\/i> Paris, \u00c9ditions du Monde Nouveau, 1923, p. 136. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">4 Mus\u00e9e de Litt\u00e9rature et d\u2019Art d\u2019Arm\u00e9nie, archive d\u2019Archag Tchobanian, , N\u00b0 1284.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">5 Ohanian avait perform\u00e9 au Savoy H\u00f4tel de London (avril 1915).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">6 Suzanne Despr\u00e8s (1875-1951), actrice fran\u00e7aise.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">7 Berthe Bady (1872-1921), actrice fran\u00e7aise.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">8 Remy de Gourmont (1858\u20131915), \u00e9crivain fran\u00e7ais.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">9 Antoinette Corisande \u00c9lisabeth de Gramont, Duchess de Clermont-Tonnerre (n11 23 <span lang=\"en-CA\">av<\/span>ril 1875 \u2013 6 <span lang=\"en-CA\">d<\/span>\u00e9cembre 1954), \u00e9crivain fran\u00e7ais.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Minion Pro;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">10 Baronne Ren\u00e9e de Brimont (Ren\u00e9e Bonnin de La Bonnini\u00e8re de Beaumont, 1880-1943), \u00e9crivain fran\u00e7ais.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vartan Matiossian et Artsvi Bakhchinyan \u054d\u057f\u0578\u0580\u0565\u0582 \u056f\u0568 \u0570\u0580\u0561\u057f\u0561\u0580\u0561\u056f\u0565\u0576\u0584 \u0586\u0580\u0561\u0576\u057d\u0561\u0581\u056b \u0570\u057c\u0579\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0582\u0578\u0580 \u0561\u0580\u0571\u0561\u0576\u0561\u0563\u0578\u0580\u056e \u0555\u056f\u056b\u0582\u057d\u057f \u054c\u0578\u057f\u0567\u0576\u056b (1840-1917) \u0569\u0561\u0576\u0563\u0561\u0580\u0561\u0576\u056b \u0561\u0580\u056d\u056b\u0582\u056b\u0576 \u0574\u0567\u057b \u057a\u0561\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0578\u0572 \u0565\u0585\u0569 \u056f\u0561\u0580\u0573 \u0563\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0569\u056b\u0582\u0576, \u0578\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0584 \u0561\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0565\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0563\u0567\u057f\u056b\u0576 \u0575\u0572\u0561\u056e \u0567 \u0570\u0561\u0575 \u057a\u0561\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0570\u056b \u0531\u0580\u0574\u0567\u0576 \u0555\u0570\u0561\u0576\u0565\u0561\u0576\u0568 (\u054d\u0578\u0586\u056b\u0561 \u0553\u056b\u0580\u0562\u0578\u0582\u0564\u0561\u0572\u0565\u0561\u0576, 1887-1976)\u0589 \u0531\u0575\u057d \u0561\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0565\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0578\u0582\u0570\u056b\u0576, \u0578\u0580 \u0577\u0578\u0582\u057f\u0578\u057e \u0576\u0561\u0565\u0582 \u0576\u0577\u0561\u0576\u0561\u0582\u0578\u0580 \u0586\u0580\u0561\u0576\u057d\u0561\u0563\u056b\u0580 \u0563\u0580\u0561\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0578\u0582\u0570\u056b \u057a\u056b\u057f\u056b \u0564\u0561\u057c\u0576\u0561\u0580 \u0565\u0582 \u0561\u0582\u0565\u056c\u056b \u0578\u0582\u0577\u055d \u057d\u057a\u0561\u0576\u0561\u0563\u056b\u0580 \u0563\u0580\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0561\u0563\u0567\u057f \u0544\u0565\u0584\u057d\u056b\u0584\u0578\u0575\u056b \u0574\u0567\u057b, 1910-\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0576 \u0574\u056e \u0570\u057c\u0579\u0561\u056f \u057e\u0561\u0575\u0565\u056c\u0561\u056e \u0567 \u0556\u0580\u0561\u0576\u057d\u0561\u0575\u056b &hellip; 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