Anahit Hayrapetyan

Anahit Hayrapetyan was born in 1981 in Armenia. Initially she studied computer science at the State Engineering University of Armenia, and in 2005 she participated in World Press Photo seminars. Currently she is studying at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Copenhagen. In 2002, the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art published her first book of poems. In 2005, her second book Taboo was published, winning the Young Writer Award of the Writers Union of Armenia. Her poems have been published in In Knagir, Bnagir, Actual Art, Garun and Gretert magazines. Alongside writing she has been engaged in photography. Her photos have been published by National Gegraphic Traveler, Eurasianet.org, Armenianow.com, Zaman, Ogoniok, Newsweek. In 2006, she won the President's Prize in Armenia, as well as prizes for Eurasia Social Portrait 2007, Black Sea and Caucasus 2008, Europe and Asia 2009.

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