YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Writers, intellectuals and public figures from the capital, marzes and the Diaspora came to the Writers' Union of Armenia to say their farewell to the Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, the President of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan. After the requiem service they saw off Levon Ananyan to the eternity with applauses. The President of the Writers' Union of Armenia was buried in the Yerevan city pantheon. The burial ceremony was attended also by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan.

On September 2 the President of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan passed away in Yerevan at the age of 67.

The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan, the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan, the Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, creative unions, individual figures and Diaspora Armenians sent telegrams of condolences to the entire Armenian nation.

Levon Ananyan was born on October 13, 1946 in Koghb village of Tavush region. In 1964 he graduated from secondary school in Tavush. Levon Ananyan is a graduate of the Yerevan State University, Department of Philology. He has 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 the President of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He lectured at the Yerevan State University Department of Journalism. He is the president of the Noyemberyan NGO. He is also a member of the Journalists' Union. He has authored many articles on social and political issues, which have been printed in the state press. He has also translated and published Russian and English books to the Armenian language; he founded "Apollo" Publishers (The biography according to Wikipedia free encyclopedia).