Diana Der Hovanessian
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Diana Der Hovanessian is an Armenian Americans poet and author. Much of the subject of her poetry is about Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. She has written and published over twenty-five books. She became an American literature professor at Yerevan State University.
Life and career
Diana Der Hovanessian was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to an Armenian family.[1] She received her education at Boston University and then continued her education at Harvard University.[2]
Awards
Diana Der Hovanessian's awards include:[3]
- Gold Medal from the Minister of Culture of Armenia
- Mesrob Mashtots Translation Award 2003
- Armenian National Library Medal
- Armenian Writers Union Award
- The PEN-New England GOLDEN PEN Award
- The National Writers Union Award
- National Endowment for the Arts award
- St. Sahag Medal
- Paterson Prize
- International Poetry Forum publication prize
- QRL Colladay publication prize
- Awards from American Scholar and Prairie Schooner
- PEN/Columbia Translation Award
- Anahid Award from the Columbia University Armenian Center
- The Barcelona Peace Prize
- Armand Erpf translation prize
- Boston University Distinguished Alumni Award
- Mary Caroline Davies Poetry Society of America Lyric Poem Award
- New England Poetry Club Gretchen Warren Award
- Numerous prizes from the World Order of Narrative Poets
References
- ^ Kherdian, David (2007). Forgotten bread: first-generation Armenian American writers. Heyday Books. p. 269.
- ^ Bouvard, Marguerite Guzman (1985). Landscape and exile. Rowan Tree Press. p. 164.
- ^ "Awards and Prizes". Diana Der-Hovanessian.
