Hrant Matevosyan

Matevosyan on a postal card

Hrant Matevosyan (Armenian: Հրանտ Մաթևոսյան, 12 February 1935 - 19 December 2002) was an Armenian writer, script writer, an outstanding representative of contemporary Armenian fiction.

Biography

Hrant Matevosyan was born in the village of Ahnidzor, Armenia's Lori region. He studied in the village school then he continued his education in Pedagogical University of Kirovakan (now Vanadzor). In 1952 he moved to Yerevan where he worked in a printing house. From 1958 until 1962, Matevosyan was a proofreader in the Sovetakan Grakanutyun (Soviet Literature) magazine and the Grakan Tert (Literary Newspaper) newspaper.Hrant Matevosyan started his literary career in 1961 with his famous essay "Ahnidzor". His first story collection Ogostos (August) was published in 1967. He headed the Writers' Union of Armenia from 1995 until 2000. His literary pieces have been translated into around 40 languages, including Russian, English, French, German, Lithuanian, Estonian, Georgian, etc. He has a son and a daughter.

Matevosyan died on 12 December 2002 at age 67. He is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan.[1] He has two children, a son and a daughter.

Hrant Matevosyan's tomb at Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon

Education

Awards

Literary heritage

Short stories

Stories

Publicistic articles, essys

Film scenarios and plays

References

  1. ↑ Matevosyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon

External links

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