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Loss of Levon Ananyan is irretrievable: Patriotic Union

Loss of Levon Ananyan is irretrievable: Patriotic Union

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS: The President of the International Patriotic Union of Tavush Marz Sergey Barseghyan sent a telegram of condolences on the occasion of the death of the President of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan. As reported by Armenpress, the telegram of condolences of Sergey Barseghyan says in particular:

“We have been informed with great grief about the death of the President of the Writers' Union of Armenia, the Honored Worker of Culture of Armenia and the board member of the International Patriotic Union of Tavush Marz Levon Ananyan.

Levon Ananyan was the person, whose loss is irretrievable not only for the literary life but also for the development of the Tavush Marz.

I express my deep condolences to the family members of Levon Ananyan”.

On September 2 the President of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan passed away in Yerevan at the age of 67. A governmental funeral committee has been established on the occasion of his death.

The civil funeral ceremony of the President of the Writers’ Union Armenia Levon Ananyan will take place on September 4 at 18:00 in Nor Nork’s Saint Sarkis Church and the burial ceremony will be held on September 5 at 12:00-14:00 from the building of the Writers’ Union of Armenia to the Yerevan City Pantheon. 

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).




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