Levon Ananyan (Armenian: Լևոն Զաքարի Անանյան; 13 October 1946 – 2 September 2013)[1] was an Armenian journalist and translator.

Levon Ananyan
Levon Ananyan, Yerevan, 2010
Born	(1946-10-13)October 13, 1946 Koghb, Tavush, Armenia
Died	September 2, 2013(2013-09-02) (aged 66) Yerevan
Nationality	Armenian
Occupation	journalist and translator
Known for	President of Writers Union of Armenia

Biography

Born in Koghb, Tavush, Levon Ananyan was a graduate of the Yerevan State University, Department of Philology. He worked for a number of state journals. For approximately 25 years, he worked for the Garoun monthly.

In 1989, he became a member of the Writers Union of Armenia, and from 1990 – 2001 he was chief editor for Garoun.

In 2001, he was elected President of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He was re-elected as the RA Writers' Union chairman in 2009.[2] He lectures at the Yerevan State University Department of Journalism. He was the president of the Noyemberyan NGO. He was also a member of the Journalists' Union.[3]

He authored many articles on social and political issues, which have been printed in the state press. He also translated and published Russian and English books to the Armenian language; he founded "Apollo" Publishers.

Works

• Ananyan, Levon (2008). Chermak hogh, karmir hishoghutʻyun : antʻologia (in Armenian). Erevan, Armenia: HGM hratarakchʻutʻyun. ISBN 978-99941-74-95-9. OCLC 320623369.
• Ananyan, Levon (2006). Hushanver : tarber tarineri banasteghtsut?yunner [Souvenir] (in Armenian). Erevan, Armenia: Zangak 97. ISBN 99941-1-245-7. OCLC 301951097.
• Ananyan, Levon (2006). Dzon hayotsʻ lezvin : banasteghtsutʻyunner (in Armenian). Erevan, Armenia: HGM hratarakchʻutʻyun. OCLC 607761436.
• Turmoil, Yerevan, 2004
• Drama on Stage and on the Screen, Yerevan, 1996
• Roots and Foliage, Yerevan, 1987

Translations From Russian and English to Armenian

• Contemporary Russian Statue, Yerevan, 2005
• Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, 1986

References

На других языках

[de] Lewon Ananjan

[ru] Ананян, Левон Захарович