| Levon Ananyan | |
| Native Name Lang: | Armenian: Լևոն Անանյան |
| Birth Date: | 13 October 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Koghb, Tavush, Armenia |
| Death Place: | Yerevan |
| Occupation: | journalist and translator |
| Nationality: | Armenian |
| Known For: | President of Writers Union of Armenia |
Levon Ananyan (Armenian: Լևոն Զաքարի Անանյան; 13 October 1946 – 2 September 2013)[1] was an Armenian journalist and translator.
Born in Koghb, Tavush, Levon Ananyan was a graduate of the Yerevan State University, Department of Philology. He worked for a number of state journals. For approximately 25 years, he worked for the Garoun monthly.
In 1989, he became a member of the Writers Union of Armenia, and from 1990 - 2001 he was chief editor for Garoun.
In 2001, he was elected President of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He was re-elected as the RA Writers' Union chairman in 2009.[2] He lectures at the Yerevan State University Department of Journalism. He was the president of the Noyemberyan NGO. He was also a member of the Journalists' Union.[3]
He authored many articles on social and political issues, which have been printed in the state press. He also translated and published Russian and English books to the Armenian language; he founded "Apollo" Publishers.