He was born in Baku. In 1933 he graduated from the Faculty of History and Literature of Yerevan State University. In 1933–46 he was head of the Armenian department of the V. Lenin Library in Baku, secretary of the Armenian section of the Union of Soviet Writers of Azerbaijan, and head of the arts and literature department of the Armenian newspaper "Komunist". In 1946 he moved to Yerevan. From 1935 he was a member of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and the Order of the Badge of Honour. He died in Yerevan.
