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".[1]
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.[1] He is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan.[2] He had two children, a son and a daughter.
Hrant Matevosyan's tomb at Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon
Education
Kirovakan Pedagogical University
1958-1962 — Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute, Department of History and Linguistics
1966-1967 — Moscow Higher Course on Scriptwriting
Awards
1967 — "Дружба народов" (Friendship of Nations) magazine award
^ abDanielian, Gayane; Tamrazian, Harry (19 December 2002). "Prominent Armenian Writer Passes Away". RFE/RL.
^Matevosyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon
External links
Hrant Matevosyan's official website
Armenian Encyclopedia
Armenian writer Hrant Matevosyan would celebrate 78th birthday today 2013-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
No Week without Hrant Matevossian
January 06, 2023
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