Levon Ananyan

• Name — Levon Ananyan • Born — 13 October 1946 • Birthplace — Koghb, Tavush, Armenia • Died — 2 September 2013 • Place of death — Yerevan • Occupation — journalist and translator • Known for — President of Writers Union of Armenia

Born in Koghb, Tavush, Levon Ananyan was a graduate of the Yerevan State University, Department of Philology. He 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 President of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He was re-elected as the RA Writers' Union chairman in 2009. He lectures at the Yerevan State University Department of Journalism. He was the president of the Noyemberyan NGO. He was also a member of the Journalists' Union. He authored many articles on social and political issues, which have been printed in the state press. He also translated and published Russian and English books to the Armenian language; he founded "Apollo" Publishers.

* * * • Turmoil, Yerevan, 2004 • Drama on Stage and on the Screen, Yerevan, 1996 • Roots and Foliage, Yerevan, 1987

• Contemporary Russian Statue, Yerevan, 2005 • Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, 1986