Teotig: The First Historian of Armenian Printing

Vartan Matiossian

The name Teotig meant little to the English reader until the recent publication of volume II of Rita Soulahian Kuyumdjian’s Trilogy – April 24, 1915, which includes Teotig’s biography and Soulahian Kuyumdjian’s translation of Monument to April 11, Teotig’s compilation of biographies of intellectuals who were victims of the Genocide.

Armenian Printing in America (1857-1912)

Teotig
Translated and edited by Vartan Matiossian

New York

The first Armenian to set foot in this populous metropolis of the United States was a teenager called Khachadour Vosganian, who arrived in 1834 to pursue higher education. Back in Constantinople, he had published the newspaper Ազդարար Բուզանդեան (Aztarar Puzantian (1), “Byzantine Monitor,” 1840). Following his steps, many Armenians immigrated to the New World to study in the universities.