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He was born in the province of Izmir (Turkey). In 1932 Grigor Chalikyan repatriated to Soviet Armenia. In 1953 he graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute. He worked at the Ashtarak theatre (1940–1946), the Yerevan Theatre for Young Spectators (1946–1953) and the Sundukyan Theatre (1953–1959). From 1958 he was a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. From 1959 he worked at the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Armenia (head of the department of archive drama programmes and chief director). He was one of the initiators of the Armenian radio theatre. Chalikyan is the author of a number of collections of poems and plays. His plays have been staged at various theatres. In 1977 Grigor Chalikyan was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR. He died in Yerevan.