Artashes Kalantarian

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Artashes Piraghayi Kalantarian (Armenian: Արտաշես Փիրաղայի Քալանթարյան, 16 September 1931 – 23 February 1991) was an Armenian writer, publicist, journalist and playwright.

Biography[]

Artashes Kalantarian was born in Yerevan. He graduated from faculty of philology of the Yerevan State University specializing in journalism, where he used to crack jokes with lecturers. He worked in different positions in Sovatakan Hayastan, Yerekoyan Yerevan, and other periodicals. From 1970 to 1982 he worked at Armenian TV. He created and hosted My home is your home popular TV-program.

He is an author of 15 books^[1] and numerous satiric articles and feuilletons, translated into Georgian, Bulgarian and Russian. His novel "Marathon" was sold out during few hours in 1969.^[2]

Artashes Kalantarayan's plaque in Yerevan

Personal life[]

He was married to Julietta Kalantaryan and had four children. He was a kind, tolerant and thoughtful person.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Artashes Kalantarian's web site has all of his books and many other publications, videos and audio materials
• "Artashes Kalantarian plays" Android application in Armenian

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