Diana Der Hovanessian Explained

Diana Der Hovanessian
Birth Date:21 May 1934
Birth Place:Worcester, Massachusetts
Occupation:Professor
Alma Mater:Boston University,
Harvard University
Genre:Poetry
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Diana Der Hovanessian (May 21, 1934 – March 1, 2018[1] [2] [3]) was an Armenian American poet, translator, and author. Much of the subject of her poetry was about Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. She wrote and published over twenty-five books.

Life and career

Diana Der Hovanessian was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to an Armenian family.[4] She received her education at Boston University, majoring in English, and then continued her education at Harvard University, studying under Robert Lowell.[5] She became an American literature professor at Yerevan State University, and twice a Fulbright Professor of Armenian Poetry. She led many workshops including Boston University, Bard College, and Columbia University, as well as being a visiting poet and lecturer on American poetry, Armenian poetry in translation. and the literature of human rights in the United States and abroad.[6] For over thirty years she served as the president of the New England Poetry Club,[7] and was on the translation board of Columbia University.[8] She worked as a poet in the Massachusetts schools.[9]

Three volumes of her poetry were translated into Armenian and published in Yerevan. Her works were also translated into Greek, French and Romanian.[10] Der Hovanessian's poems have appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Globe, Paris Review, the Writer's Almanac, AGNI, The American Poetry Review, and The Nation, among many others.

Awards

Diana Der Hovanessian's awards include:[11]

Her poetry has been translated into Armenian, Greek, French and Romanian.

Partial bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poet Diana Der-Hovanessian Passed Away. 2018-03-02. The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. 2018-03-03.
  2. Web site: Diana Der-Hovanessian, March 1, 2018. 2 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Paying Tribute to Diana der Hovanessian. 15 November 2018.
  4. Book: Kherdian. David. Forgotten bread: first-generation Armenian American writers. 2007. Heyday Books. 269. 9781597140690.
  5. Book: Bouvard. Marguerite Guzman. Landscape and exile. 1985. Rowan Tree Press. 164. 9780937672167.
  6. Web site: DIANA DER-HOVANESSIAN's Obituary on Boston Globe. Boston Globe. 2018-05-03.
  7. Web site: Diana Der-Hovanessian, March 1, 2018. 2 March 2018.
  8. Web site: DIANA DER-HOVANESSIAN's Obituary on Boston Globe. Boston Globe. 2018-05-02.
  9. News: Poet Diana Der-Hovanessian Passed Away - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Mirror-Spectator. The Armenian. 2018-03-02. The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. 2018-05-03. en-US.
  10. News: Diana Der Hovanessian: Dispensing Grace. Hairenik. 2018-03-02. The Armenian Weekly. 2018-05-03. en-US.
  11. Web site: Awards and Prizes. Diana Der-Hovanessian.

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