Vardges Petrosyan

Vardges Petrosyan was born in Ashtarak, Armenia. In 1954 he finished Yerevan State University (faculty of journalism). From 1954 to 1955 worked as an executive secretary of the regional newspaper "Nor Bayazet", from 1955 to 1957 worked at “Soviet Armenia” newspaper, “Avangard” newspaper from 1957 to 1961. Vardges Petrosyan was the editor of “Pioneer” newspaper, 1957 to 1975 was “Garun” newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, between 1975 to 1981 first Secretary of the Board of the Writers Union of Armenia, from 1981 to 1988 - Chairman of the Union of Writers of Armenia, since 1976 - Secretary of the Board of the Union of Writers of the USSR, from 1988 to 1994 - President of the Cultural Foundation of Armenia, since 1994 - founder and editor of the weekly newspaper "Yerkir Nairi". He started his writing career with poems, after wrote prose, telling, novels and other works. Many of his works have received theatrical interpretation, a number of his collections have been published. Many of Vardges Petrosyan's works have been translated into Russian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Bulgarian, English, Czech, Ukrainian, Georgian and other languages. From 1975 to 1985 Vardges Petrosyan was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, 1984 to 1989 - deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, from 1990 to 1994 - deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. In 1982 he was awarded the Orders of the October Revolution and the Badge of Honor, in 1969 the Prize of the Leninist Komsomol of Armenia, in 1979 - the State Prize of the RA. Vardges Petrosyan was killed near his house in Yerevan, he is buried in Ashtarak.