Edward Haghverdian ( fa, ادوارد حق‌وردیان; ; hy, Էդուարդ հաղվերդյան) is an

Iranian-Armenian Iranian-Armenians ( hy, իրանահայեր ''iranahayer''), also known as Persian-Armenians ( hy, պարսկահայեր ''parskahayer''), are Iranians of Armenian ethnicity who may speak Armenian as their first language. Estimates of th ...

poet, translator and journalist who is a member of the

Writers Union of Armenia The Writers' Union of Armenia was founded in August 1934, simultaneously with the USSR Union of Writers and as a component part of the USSR Union. 1930s The Constituent Assembly was held during 1 August - 5 August, after which the Armenian delegat ...

. Since 1970, Haghverdian has been living in

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and since 1980s, he spent most of his time translating contemporary

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literary works into

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Life

Edward Haghvedian was born in 1952 in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

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to Iranian-Armenian parents. His family originally came from the Iranian city of

Khomein Khomein ( fa, خمين, also Romanized as Khowmeyn) is a city and capital of Khomeyn County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2015 census, its population was 76,706 in 17,399 families. Khomein is located to the south of the province, in a fertile ...

in Markazi province of Iran. He has finished his elementary education in "National School of Aras" and his high school education, in the Persian-language schools called «Farokh-Manesh», «Paydar» and «Oloum». Thereafter in 1970, he migrated with his family from his birthplace's country

to Armenia and settled in the city of

Vagharshapat Vagharshapat ( hy, Վաղարշապատ ) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is com ...

Literary activities

Translation

Since 1980s, Haghverdian spent most of his time translating contemporary Persian literary works into Armenian language. He is the first person ever who translated the vast majority of modern Iranian literary works into Armenian and published them in Armenia and

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References

External links

Some poems written by Edward Haghverdian
on

Shargh newspaper ''Shargh'' ( fa, شرق, lit=East) is one of the most popular Reformist newspapers in Iran. History and profile ''Shargh'' was founded in 2003. The daily is managed by Mehdi Rahmanian. Its chief editor was Mohammad Ghouchani in its first period ...

(PDF, in Persian)
Four poems written by Edward Haghverdain
on Farhikhtegan newspaper (in Persian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Haghverdian, Edward Iranian people of Armenian descent Living people 1952 births 20th-century Armenian poets 20th-century Iranian poets Iranian translators Armenian translators Armenian journalists Iranian journalists People from Tehran People from Markazi Province People from Vagharshapat Translators to Armenian Translators from Persian Armenian male poets 20th-century male writers Iranian emigrants to the Soviet Union 21st-century Iranian poets

Life

Literary activities

Translation

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