30th Birthday Of "Garun" Magazine

Levon Ananyan was born in Koghb village (Noyemberyan region, Armenia). In 1964 he finished middle school of Koghb, studied at Yerevan State University (Faculty of Philology) from 1964 to 1968. He worked in different papers and magazines, edited “Pedagogue” newspaper. In 1975 worked at newspaper “Spring” and between 1990 to 2001 was the Editor-in-Chief. Levon Ananyan taught at the Faculty of Journalism at Yerevan State University, from 2002 was the head of public organization called “Noyemberyan”. In 1992 founded “Apollo” translation and publishing house. He wrote, composed, edited numerous books, hundreds of publicist articles. Some of his books were published and were translated into English, Russian, Georgian. He was a member of three International Academies, 2001 to 2013 the Chief of Writers Union of Armenia. He received award of Journalists Union of Armenia “Golden Pen”, gold medal “Fridtjof Nansen” (2000), Muratsan Award of Artsakh (2005), “Varpet” and “Vachagan Barepasht” medals, in 2006 Silver medal of the World Armenian Congress, award for “Literary merit” from Writers Union of Armenia, “Hakob Meghapart”, “Yerkrapah”, “Mesrop Mashtots” and Ministry of Culture of Armenia medals. In 2008 Levon Ananyan received title Honorary Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia. Died in Yerevan.