Poet Hovhannes Grigoryan passed away

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, ARMENPRESS. After a long illness prominent modern Armenian writer Hovhannes Grigoryan died in the morning on February 7. The Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan informed "Armenpress" about this. According to Levon Ananyan presently they are engaged in the formation of a governmental committee for organizing his burial.

Hovhannes Grigoryan was born in the city of Gyumri, Armenia, on August 7, 1945. He graduated from the Yerevan State University, department of Mathematical Linguistics. He was the editor-in-chief of WUA ''Serund'' electronic magazine and "Mihr" magazine. He wrote numerous articles on publicity and critique, translated and published in separate editions of several works of Russian, English and Spanish writers. His own works were translated into English, French, Russian, Spanish, Persian, Arabian etc. Among his collected works are "Songs without Music", "Quite Different Autumn", "Rain on a Sad Occasion", and many others. He was awarded with literary prize after Avetik Isahakyan, Movses Khorenatsi Medal, Vahagn Prize, and the State Prize of Artsakh.