Ruben Hovsepyan

He became the editor-in-chief of Nairi Publishing House in 1982 and left in 1987, assuming the post of secretary of the Writers Union of Armenia in 1988. Hovsepyan returned to editing for the magazine Nork in 1989, a position he held until his death in 2016 at the age of 77. Hovsepyan published approximately a dozen works in his literary career, which have been translated into other languages. He was also a translator of Leo Tolstoy's writings, and best known for a translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. Hovsepyan was named a Honored Worker of Culture (Armenia) by the Armenian government in 2014.

Ruben Hovsepyan studied at Faculty of Theology, Yerevan State University and Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. The recorded working language is Armenian and Russian. Employment is recorded with Grakan tert, Nork and Writers Union of Armenia. Positions recorded include member of the National Assembly of Armenia. Distinctions recorded are Khorenatsi medal and Honored Cultural Worker of Armenia.

• Name — Ruben Hovsepyan • Native Name — Ռուբեն Հովսեփյան • Order1 — Member of the National Assembly • Term Start1 — 2000 • Term End1 — 2007 • Born — 5 May 1939 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Armenian SSR • Died — 27 October 2016 • Party — Armenian Revolutionary Federation • Alma Mater — Yerevan State University • Occupation — politician • Occupation — novelist, translator, editor

• Ordan karmir. Sovetakan grol, Erevan, 1980 (Die karminrote Schildlaus. Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin, 1986)