Tatev Chakhian

Tatev Chakhian (born 1992) is a Poland-based Armenian poet, artist, editor and translator.

Tatev Chakhian
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992
Yerevan, Armenia
OccupationPoet, Artist
NationalityArmenian
EducationYerevan State University, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology. Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism
Website
Official website

Her debut collection of poetry, Dowód (nie)osobisty ((Non)-Identity Card), got published in 2016 in Armenian and in 2018 in Polish. Selections of her poetry have been translated into English, German, Polish, Czech, Persian, Macedonian, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Bengali, Turkish, etc. and have been published in anthologies and literary magazines worldwide.

Tatev Chakhian translates and promotes Polish poetry, Iranian contemporary poetry,[1] as well as English and Russian writing authors.

Chakhian combines poetry with visual arts, such as paper collages,[2] collaborates with artists, filmmakers and musicians.[3]

Early life and education

Born in Yerevan in 1992, in a family of pedagogues. She had graduated from the faculty of Cultural Anthropology at Yerevan State University, then got a degree in International Relations at Adam Mickiewicz University.

Awards

Her awards include the Dioniս Maliszewski Literary prize (2014), Gazeta Obywatelska prize (2016), the First Lady of Armenia's literary award (2013), and the Sahak Partev prize (2013).[4] Her first poetry collection was nominated for the 2018 European Poet of Freedom Award, an award dedicated to "honoring and promoting phenomena in poetry that deal with one of the most crucial subjects for contemporary readers – freedom – and, at the same time, are characterized by outstanding artistic values."[5][6]

References
  1. "ԻՐԱՆԱԿԱՆ ԺԱՄԱՆԱԿԱԿԻՑ ԳՐԱԿԱՆՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ | ادبیات معاصر ایران". Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. "Tatev Chankhian - Visual Art". tatevchakhian.com (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  3. Piotr Mełech, Tatev Chakhian - Lonesome, retrieved 2021-12-24
  4. "Tatev Chakhian". Versopolis. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. IKM. "Nominations 2018". europejskipoetawolnosci.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  6. IKM. "Dowód (nie)osobisty". europejskipoetawolnosci.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-03-22.
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