Levon Osepyan

Levon Osepyan (Armenian: Լևոն Օսեպյան; July 25, 1952, Yerevan – July 1, 2024) was a Russian and Armenian writer, publisher, and photographer. He was the editor-in-chief of the almanacs "Mecenat and the World" and "Aragast." He was also a member of the board of the Union of Russian Writers, a member of the International Association of Writers and Publicists (IAWP), and a member of the Creative Union of Professional Artists.

 Biography 
He was born July 25, 1952, in Yerevan. In 1974 he graduated from the Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry named after M. Azizbekov. He worked in Ryazan, the Tyumen region, and Moscow.

He is the author of the books "Visit to Earth," "Plays," "The Scream," "Phone Call," "My Golgotha," and others.Biography, Zhurnalnij zal (in Russian) His works have been translated into Armenian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Tajik, Romanian, German, Italian, French, and English. Levon Osepyan played a major role in the development and maintenance of Armenian-Russian cultural ties.

He was also an art photographer. Levon Osepyan's photographs are in private collections in the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Israel, the United Kingdom, Australia, Iran, Lebanon, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Armenia, Russia, the Netherlands, and Germany, and have been used in design of books and periodicals. He has held more than 100 solo exhibitions in Armenia, Russia, Poland, China, Israel, and other countries.Goal is to raise the profile of Armenians – “Armenians of Russia” photo album released in Moscow, Alpha News, September 07, 2023 In 2022, the album "The Armenian World in Photographic Portraits of Levon Osepyan" was published in Moscow.

He died on July 1, 2024, at the age of 71.

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Category:Armenian writers 
Category:2024 deaths
Category:1952 births
Category:Russian writers