J.Steinbeck had been in Armenia. This fact should be a surprise for the many. “If it’s true, then why nothing was said of it?” they would ask. How come, one of the greatest representatives of American literature, awardee of Pulitzer and Nobel prizes visited our country, meanwhile there isn’t even a short mention of it?
Answer to likewise questions, probably, should be found in time. However it’s an undeniable fact that Steinbeck really had been in Armenia.
History is as follows. In 1963 after Caribbean crisis USA-USSR ties needed resolution. State officials engaged no only diplomats in this, but intellectuals as well.
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