Artsvi Bakhchinyan ( hy, Արծվի Բախչինյան, born 1971 in

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, film researcher, writer, Armenologist, and Doctor of

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Biography

Artsvi Bakhchinyan received his Diploma in Armenian Language and Literature from the

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...

in 1993. He has been engaged in research on famous Armenians, Armenian art and culture for many years. Bakhchinyan published his first book, ''They are Armenian by origin'', in 1993. The book contained concise biographies of famous Armenians who had lived and worked in foreign countries. The second, revised and completed edition of the book was published in 2002. Since 2001 Bakhchinyan is the Vice-President of

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's Armenian branch, a member of jury of international film festivals. He cooperates with the

Golden Apricot The ''Golden Apricot'' Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) ( hy, «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia. The festival was founded in 2004 w ...

Yerevan International film festival since its establishment in 2004. Bakhchinyan is the jury coordinator of ''ReAnimania'' film festival. From 1993 to 1996 Bakhchinyan studied in post-graduated masters in Institute of Literature of

Armenian National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri az ...

(Ph.D. in 1996). In 1993-1996 worked as scientific secretary and bibliographer at National Book Chamber of Armenia. In 1993-1997 worked as executive coordinator of the research program and scientific secretary in Armenian Research Center of Humanities (ARCH). In 1996-1997 he was a guest researcher at the Institute of Afro-Asiatic Languages,

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. In 1998-2000 worked as Arts and Culture/East East/Publishing/Library Programs' Coordinator at the

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(OSI), Armenian branch. In 2002-2003 worked as cultural and scientific expert at the Armenian Center for National and International Studies. Since 2009 he is a researcher at the Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. In 2010 he initiated a unique project: translation of Armenian writer

Elda Grin Elda Ashoti Grigoryan ( hy, Էլդա Աշոտի Գրիգորյան; 10 March 1928 – 27 October 2016), known also as Elda Grin ( hy, Էլդա Գրին) was an Armenian writer, psychologist, professor, and legal expert. Biography Grin was born i ...

's short story "The Hands" in 35 languages and publication in one volume. Bakhchinyan was also a member of "

Hover Chamber Choir Hover Chamber Choir is an Armenian choir. It was established in 1992 in Armenia by Sona Hovhannisyan and students at Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory. Hover received the Gold Medal at the International Choir Olympiad in Linz, Austria in 2000, bec ...

", which recorded a songtrack for

Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan m ...

's '' Ararat''. Bakhchinyan is an author of literary works, including two critically acclaimed novels.

Awards

* 2019 Vahan Tekeyan award in literature, for his ''Mucik of Armenia, the Outlander'' novel.

Selected bibliography

* Ծագումով հայ են (They are Armenian by Origin), 1993 * Նապոլեոն Բոնապարտը եւ հայերը (Napoleon Bonaparte and the Armenians), 2003 * Հայաստան-Սկանդինաւիա. պատմա-մշակութային առնչություններ (՚Armenia-Scandinavia: Historical-Cultural Connections), 2003 * Հայազգի գործիչներ (Prominent Armenians from Ancient Times to the Present), 2002 * Հայերը համաշխարհային կինոյում (Armenians in World Cinema), 2004 * Armenia-Sweden: Historical-Cultural Connections, 2006 * Հայերը համաշխարհային պարարվեստում (Armenians on the International Dance Scene), 2016(in Russian) О вкладе армян в мировое танцевальное искусство/Ашот Григорян. Еркрамас, 2016
/ref> * Այլաստանցի Մուչիկ հայաստանցին (Mucik of Armenia, the Outlander), 2017 (translated into Russian, 2019) * Հնազը Ճահճավան քտա-ից (Hinaz from the Swamp-Urban-Type Settlement), 2019.

References

External links

Biography
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official site * https://web.archive.org/web/20111002070558/http://www.golos.am/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3453&Itemid=54
www.hoverchoir.org
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