Hovik Hoveyan was born in Yerevan. He studied at the department of Philology of Yerevan State University. He has worked in the field of Television and Radio broadcasting from 1978. Hoveyan was the chief editor of the literary and artistic programs of the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting from 1987 to 2004. Since 1991 he is a member of Armenian Writers Union and from 1995 member of Journalists Union. From 2001 to 2004 he was the Secretary of the Writers Union of Armenia, from 2001 to 2006 Lecturer at Department of Journalism in Yerevan State University, from 2004 to 2006 Minister of Culture. Since 2007 Hovik Hoveyan teaches at Yerevan Kh. Abovyan Pedagogical University. Since 2009 he is the Head of G. Sharambeyan Folk Art Center in Yerevan. Hoveyan is an author of 11 poetry collections, numerous articles, essays, radio and TV programs. Lots of documentary films, romances, and jazz compositions were filmed based on his writings. He awarded the gold medal of the “Catholicos of All Armenians of Vazgen I”, the medal of “Fridtjof Nansen”, the gold medal of Ministry of Culture of Armenia, Medal for “Literary Services”, in 2011 he awarded the title of Honorary Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, “Grigor Narekatsi” commemorative from Ministry of Culture of Armenia in 2016.

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