Pietro Kuciukian

Biography

Pietro Kuciukian, the son of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, studied in Venice where he learnt Armenian and lives and works in Milan.

After the 1988 earthquake in Armenia, he went to the ravaged areas to help the people build a medical unit and two schools and to help the hit population in general.

Furthermore he is committed to the cultural safeguard of the Armenian people, thanks to the "Memory is the Future" Committee which he founded and to Yerevan's Genocide Museum which he works with also, for instance, by going to Armenia every year to bury the ashes or tomb earth of the Righteous for the Armenians, i.e. those who opposed the Armenian Genocide and denounced it overtly, in front of the Wall of Remembrance.

With Gabriele Nissim he founded the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee promoting international meetings such as for instance "It is always possible to say Yes or No", Padua 2000, whose documents have been published. He edited the memories of Raffaele Gianighian's, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide.

Appointed the Honorary Consul of the Armenian Republic to Italy in 2007, he contributes to the Sunday edition of the Sole 24 ore.

Books

• Le terre di Nairi, viaggio in Armenia, Guerini, Milan 1994, ISBN 88-7802-543-7
• Viaggio tra i cristiani d’oriente, Guerini, Milan 1997, ISBN 88-7802-734-0
• Dispersi, viaggio fra le comunità armene nel mondo, Guerini, Milan 1998, ISBN 88-7802-954-8
• Voci nel deserto. Giusti e testimoni per gli armeni, Guerini, Milan 2000, ISBN 88-8335-167-3
• Il Giardino di tenebra. Viaggio nel Nagorno Karabgh, Guerini, Milan 2003, ISBN 88-8335-413-3
• La terza Armenia. Viaggio nel Caucaso post-sovietico, Guerini, Milan 2007, ISBN 88-8335-846-5

External links

• Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee - Gariwo