Alisia Kirakosyan

Alisia Kirakosyan was born in Cordoba, Argentina. Kirakosyan graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires. She played in the theatre for 10 years. In 1968 she moved to Los Angeles. From the age of 14 she began her literary activity in Spanish. Her first book, "Mek Orum Hing Dzayn" (Five voices in one day) was published in 1966, and in 1967, Alisia’s second book was translated to Italian and published in Italy. She first visited Soviet Armenia in 1967. In her recent works she touched upon the Armenian historical events at the end of the century. She was the Honorary President of the Spanish Writers' Union in the United States. In 2007, she was awarded the title of "Honorary Doctor" by the RA National Academy of Sciences. She lived in California and died in Los Angeles.