YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Levon Ananyan’s friends remember the intellectual as being a diligent, committed, kind-hearted, talented person. The President of the Writers' Union of Armenia is not with us for already 2 years but his memory will remain forever in our hearts. Writer, public speaker, translator Levon Ananyan passed away in Yerevan, September 2, 2013 aged 67.

Ananyan’s death was a great loss to poet, translator Artem Harutyunyan.

“Levon Ananyan was indeed a wonderful President of the Writers' Union. We will never forget Levon’s creative work. He did a great work , expanded the Writers' Union, organized a gathering of novice writers. He was doing an extremely great work and everybody noticed it.”, said Artem Harutyunyan.

Levon Ananyan was born on October 13, 1946. He was an Armenian journalist and translator.

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. 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.

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.

Levon Ananyan passed away on September 2, 2013 aged 67.