Armenian writer, publicist Anahit Sahinyan dies at 93
07.01.2010 17:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian writer, publicist Anahit Sahinyan died at 93.

As RA Culture Ministry and Armenian Writers Union reported, civil
funeral rite for Anahit Sahinyan will be held on Jan 8. Admirers of
her will be able to bid farewell to the departed at Writers Union on
Jan. 9.

Born in 1917, June 20, Vardablur village, Lori Marz, Anahit Sahinyan
was a graduate of Yerevan Engineering Technical School and Yerevan
State University, the department of Philology. In 1942-58 she worked
in Armenian State Publicity (Haypethrat) as a head of Children
Literature section. In 1969-87 she was the editor of `Pioner Kanch’
magazine. She did numerous translations for children published in
separate editions, wrote publicity articles on agenda matters in state
literary press. Her works were translated into Russian.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress