Diana Der Hovanessian

Diana Der Hovanessian studied at Harvard University, Boston University and Boston University College of Arts and Sciences. The recorded working language is Armenian and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. Employment is recorded with Yerevan State University, Boston University and Bard College. Distinctions recorded are Gold medal from the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.

• Name — Diana Der Hovanessian • Born — 21 May 1934 • Birthplace — Worcester, Massachusetts • Died — 1 March 2018 • Occupation — Professor • Education — Boston University, Harvard University • Genre — Poetry

Diana Der Hovanessian was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to an Armenian family. Her mother Mariam Israelian was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, whereas, her father – John Der Hovanessian's parents were from Tadem Kharpert, Western Armenia.[5] She received her education at Boston University, majoring in English, and then continued her education at Harvard University, studying under Robert Lowell.[6] She became an American literature professor at Yerevan State University, and twice a Fulbright Professor of Armenian Poetry. She led many workshops including Boston University, Bard College, and Columbia University, as well as being a visiting poet and lecturer on American poetry, Armenian poetry in translation. and the literature of human rights in the United States and abroad.[7] For over thirty years she served as the president of the New England Poetry Club,[8] and was on the translation board of Columbia University.[9] She worked as a poet in the Massachusetts schools.[10] Three volumes of her poetry were translated into Armenian and published in Yerevan. Her works were also translated into Greek, French and Romanian.[11] Der Hovanessian's poems have appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Globe, Paris Review, the Writer's Almanac, AGNI, The American Poetry Review, and The Nation, among many others.