It is already three years Levon Ananyan is not with us

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. September 2 marks the third anniversary of the death of former President of the Writers Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan.

Levon Ananyan was born on October 13, 1946 in Koghb village of Tavush province. In 1964 he graduated the secondary school in Tavush. Levon Ananyan is a graduate of theYerevan State University, Department of Philology. He has worked in a number of state journals. For approximately 25 years he has worked for the "Garoun" monthly. In 1989, he became a member of theWriters 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 theYerevan State UniversityDepartment of Journalism. He was the president of the Noyemberyan NGO since 2002. He was also a member of the Journalists' Union. He hasauthoredmany articles on social and political issues, which have been published in the state press. He has also translated and published Russian and English books to the Armenian language; he founded "Apollo" Publishers. On May 26, 2008 he was awarded with an Honorary title of the Honorary Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia.

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