Anahide Ter Minassian
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Born
Anahide Kévonian

(1929-08-26)26 August 1929
Paris, France
Died11 February 2019(2019-02-11) (aged 89)
Fresnes, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)historian, writer
Known forModern Armenian history
SpouseLeon Ter Minassian
Children4

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]

Life

Ter 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 [fr] 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

References

  1. ^ a b c "French-Armenian Historian Anahide Ter Minassian Dies at 85". The Armenian Weekly. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Mirror-Spectator, The Armenian (14 February 2019). "Obituary: Prof. Anahide Ter Minassian, Noted Historian". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. ^ Anahide Ter Minassian (in Turkish).
  4. ^ Décret du 31 décembre 2015 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved 6 December 2019
  5. ^ "Onction". Editions Parenthèses (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. ^ "ACAM - Livres arméniens - KEVONIAN , Kéram". www.acam-france.org. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  7. ^ "La question arménienne". Editions Parenthèses (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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