Background
Hrant Matevosyan was born in the village of Ahnidzor, Armenia"s Lori region.He studied in the village school then he continued his education in Pedagogical University of Kirovakan.
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Hrant Matevosyan
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Kirovakan Pedagogical University
1958-1962 — Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute, Department of History and Linguistics
1966-1967 — Moscow Higher Course on Scriptwriting.
Career
In 1952 he moved to Yerevan where he worked in a printing house. From 1958 until 1962, Matevosyan was a proofreader in the Sovetakan Grakanutyun (Soviet Literature) magazine and the Grakan Tert (Literary Newspaper) newspaper.Hrant Matevosyan started his literary career in 1961 with his famous essay "Ahnidzor".His first story collection"Ogostos"(August) was published in 1967. He headed the Writers" Union of Armenia from 1995 until 2000.
His literary pieces have been translated in around 40 languages, including Russian, English, French, German, Lithuanian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Georgian, et cetera
Hrant Matevosyan died on December 12, 2002 at age 67. Hrant Matevosyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan.
Short stories 1962 — We and Our Mountains (short story) 1974 — Carriage Horses 1982 - Tashkend 1973 — Autumn Sun The Master Along the Edge(incomplete) Buffalo The Country"s Nerve Stories 1967 — August 1967 — Orange Pony 1967 — Mesrop 1968 — Buffalo 1987 - Trees Publicistic articles, essys Metsamor In Front of White Paper lieutenant"s Maine Film scenarios and plays 1969 — We and Our Mountains (film) 1969 — The Poor"s Honour (film) 1975 — This Green, Red World (film) 1977 — Autumn Sun (film) 1977 — August 1979 — Aramayis Yerznkyan (film) 1983 - Neutral Zone(play) 1984 — The Master(film) 1992 — National Army (film).
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