Hrant Matevosyan

Hrant Matevosyan

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1935-02-12
Deathday: 2002-12-19 (67 years old)

Biography

Hrant Ignati Matevosyan (Armenian: Հրանտ Իգնատի Մաթևոսյան, 12 February 1935 – 19 December 2002) was an Armenian writer and screenwriter. By the time of his death he was considered Armenia's "most prominent and accomplished contemporary novelist". Hrant Matevosyan was born in 1935 in the village of Ahnidzor, now located in Armenia's Lori Province. He studied in the village school then continued his education at the Pedagogical University of Kirovakan (now Vanadzor). In 1952 he moved to Yerevan where he worked at a printing house. From 1958 until 1962, Matevosyan was a proofreader for the magazine Sovetakan Grakanutyun ("Soviet Literature") and the newspaper Grakan Tert ("Literary Newspaper").

Matevosyan started his literary career in 1961 with an essay "Ahnidzor". His first story collection Ogostos (August) was published in 1967. He headed the Writers' Union of Armenia from 1995 until 2000. His literary pieces have been translated into around 40 languages, including Russian, English, French, German, Lithuanian, Estonian, and Georgian.

Matevosyan died of cancer on 12 December 2002 at the age of 67. He is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan. He had two children, a son and a daughter.

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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1935-02-12

Deathday
2002-12-19 (67 years old)

Birth Place
Ahnidzor, Armenia

Children
Shogher Matevosyan

Siblings
Hrachya Matevosyan

Citizenships
Armenia, Soviet Union

Awards
Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots, USSR State Prize, Armenian SSR State Prize, honorary citizen of Yerevan

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