RESUME
NAME: Helene Pilibosian
ADDRESS: 171 Maplewood St., Watertown, MA 02472-1324
Phone: 617-926-2602 E-mail: hsarkiss@comcast.net
Web site: http://home.comcast.net/~hsarkiss
BIRTHPLACE: Boston , MA
SCHOOLS:
Watertown High School, 1951 graduate, honors
Katharine Gibbs School, 1952 certificate
Harvard University Extension, ADA (BA equivalent) in humanities, 1960
WORKSHOP AND COURSES:
Harvard University Extension School, Advanced Poetry, Gail Mazur, 1996
Harvard Summer School, Modern Poetry, Paul Engle, 1954
Extension and Summer School, American Literature, Howard Mumford Jones
EMPLOYMENT:
Watertown Public Library, 1949-1951
Harvard University, Widener Library 1960-1961
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, editor 1964-66, 1975-80, contributor 1981-
Harvard University Printing Office, proofreader, 1982-1989
MEMBERSHIPS:
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
Armenian Missionary Association of America
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Harvard Extension Alumni Association
Harvard Alumni Association
PUBLISHED POEMS IN American literary journals including Half Tones to Jubilee, North American Review, Louisiana Literature, The Hollins Critic, Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, Weber: The Contemporary West and many others.
Anthologies:
Arveste II, 1962
Ararat: A Decade of Armenian-American Writing, 1969
Armenian North-American Poets ( Canada ), 1974
Armenian-American Poets: A Bilingual Anthology, 1976
Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry, 1981
Ararat, Twenty-five Years of Writing, 1985
Forgotten Bread: First Generation Armenian American Writers, 2007
PUBLISHER: Established Ohan Press in 1983 as a private family-run micropress
Carvings from an Heirloom: Oral History Poems by Helene Pilibosian, 1983
They Called Me Mustafa: Memoir of an Immigrant by Khachadoor and Helene Pilibosian, 1992
From Kessab to Watertown: A Modern Saga by H. H. Sarkissian, 1996
At Quarter Past Reality: New and Selected Poems by Helene Pilibosian, 1998
They Called Me Mustafa: Memoir of an Immigrant by Khachadoor and Helene
Pilibosian, second edition, 1999
The Collected Articles of H. H. Sarkissian, Printed in the Armenian Press 1935-1961 (in Armenian), 2000
The Collected Works of Khachadoor Pilibosian, (in Armenian), 2002
Character or The Guide to Life (in Armenian) by Henry Varnum, 2003
History’s Twists: The Armenians, poems by Helene Pilibosian, 2008
My Literary Profile: A Memoir by Helene Pilibosian, 2010
A New Orchid Myth by Helene Pilibosian, 2014
RECOGNITION:
The Magical Pine Ring, Armenian-American Literature by Prof. Margaret Bedrosian
Armenian-American Literature by Prof. Lorne Shirinian
Memory Fragments from the Armenian Genocide: A Mosaic of a Shared Heritage by Margaret DiCanio
In God’s Name: Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century by Omer Bartov and Phyllis Mack
Like One Family: The Armenians of Syracuse by Arpena Mesrobian
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
President Calvin Coolidge and the Armenian Orphan Rug by Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian
Beyond White Gloves by Rose Doherty (Gibbs)
EDITOR:
Dust to Destiny by Naomi Topalian
People, Places and Moultonborough by Naomi Topalian
From Kessab to Watertown: A Modern Saga by H. H. Sarkissian et al
They Called Me Mustafa: Memoir of an Immigant by Khachadoor and Helene Pilibosian
PRIZES:
Armenian Allied Arts Association, first prize, 1974
Pteranodon Award (NFSPS), 1980
Wind Literary Journal Award (NFSPS), 1982
Writer's Digest, First Prize, National Self-Published Book Awards, 1998
The Madison Review finalist 1986
Half Tones to Jubilee finalist 1990
The Sandhills Review finalist
NEW LETTERS finalist 1998
Appreciation for They Called Me Mustafa at Boston State House
Writer’s Digest, Honorable Mention, International Self-Published Book Awards, 2009
Lucidity Clarity Contest, first place, 2012
New England Book Festival 2012 – honorable mention for My Literary Profile: A Memoir
PUBLICITY AND REVIEWS:
Newspapers and Magazines: Ararat, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, Nor Or, Writer's Digest, The Armenian Reporter, Raft (Cleveland State University), California Courier, Watertown Tab, amazon.com, The Midwest Review, Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies; Flyers; Barnes & Noble Distribution Center; Borders listing; R. R. Bowker listings.
Baker & Taylor listings
Industry Services, NACS Inc. listing
Thousands of Internet listings
Small Press Books in Print
Yahoo
Publisher’s Directory, The Gale Group
Kirkus Reviews
CONTRACT
2003, They Called Me Mustafa: Memoir of an Immigrant licensed to Alexander Street Press for electronic database North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories.
READINGS:
1985, Tekeyan Cultural Association book launch
1994, St. James Women's Group and Armenian Memorial Church Women's Group
on They Called Me Mustafa
1997, Review talk on From Kessab to Watertown
1999, Watertown Library, April 28
Baikar Association, Armenian Independence Day, September 19
Armenian Library and Museum, November 14
Beverly Public Library, December 5
2000, Poetry Workshop of Harold Bond, February 12
Watertown Library (for The Larcom Review), March 26
Watertown Senior Center, September 20
2007, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, October 18
2008, Watertown Senior Center, April 10
2008, Poems for Armenian Genocide video, April 15
2009, Talk on Armenian Genocide, Armenian Memorial Church, May 3
2010, Watertown Senior Center, November 17
2010, Watertown Library, December 11
2011, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, August 11
2014, Harvard Extension School Innovation Symposium, Harvard University
PLANS:
Continue to submit poems to many competitions and magazines