Abgar Apinyan

Abgar Apinyan was born in Kirovakan (present day Vanadzor). He studied at Yerevan State University Faculty of Philology, then Graduate School of YSU. For dissertation "Stepan Zoryan and Russian Literature" Abgar Apinyan received Candidate of Philological Sciences in 1986. Since 1987 teaches at Yerevan State University, since 2003 at Kh. Abovyan Pedagogical University (Associate Professor from 2007). From 1994 to 1996 he was head of the press service of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, press secretary of His Holiness Karekin the First, 1996 to 2001 first secretary of Writers’ Union of Armenia, since 1995 Chief Editor of “Nor-Dar” magazine, from 2001 the chairman of the editorial. In 2011 Abgar Apinyan was elected the Chairman of Writers’ Union of Yerevan. Since 2005 – Chairman of Stepan Zoryan's literary heritage commission, and from 2011 he has been the executive director of the All-Armenian Culture Foundation. He has a number of scientific works. Abgar Apinyan was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institute of Literature and Art of the Academy of Sciences.