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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. The Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan issued a letter of condolences on the death of the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan. As reports "Armenpress" the letter particularly runs as follows:
"It grieved me to learn about the death of the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia, Merited Artist of the Republic of Armenia Levon Ananyan. At the course of his literary activity Levon Ananyan contributed greatly to the development of the Armenian literature, publicism, and journalism. He wrote, completed, and edited a number of books and numerous articles. The Armenian public got acquainted with a row of world literature classics translated directly from the original text due to "Apollo" Publishing House established by Levon Ananyan."
On September 2 the President of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan passed away in Yerevan at the age of 67.
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).