ANUSH KOCHARYAN
Anush Kocharyan is a writer, cultural journalist and producer.
She holds Master’s degree in Journalism from Yerevan State University. She is an alumni of US State department’s International Visitors’ Leadership Program (IVLP).
Anush is currently a producer of cultural-documentary programs, the general manager of Hover state chamber choir, Senior producer of Saghsara project and chief advisor at Loft self-development centers. Anush lectured at Yerevan State University and Yerevan state theater and cinema institute, as well as other private educational institutions.
She is a member of Pen Armenia Center.
Anush Khocharyan is a winner of EURODRAM European network for drama in translation 2014, second prize winner of Nuremberg state theater literary awards in 2015 and winner in Poetry nomination at Yerevan Book Fest in 2018.
Her works have been translated into English, Georgian, German, Swedish and Norwegian. She has authored over 100 interviews and cultural articles, produced and authored Balcony interview series.
Anush has been the invited participant and speaker at book fairs and festivals such as Leipzig Book Fair (Germany, 2025), Frankfurt Book Fair (Germany, 2024), Litteratur på Blå (Norway, 2024), Uppsala International Literary Festival (Sweden, 2024), Berlin Literature Festival (Germany, 2023), Black Sea Lit Project (Romania, 2023), Burning Poets (Armenia, 2022), Yerevan Book Fest (Armenia, 2018), LIT:Potsdam (Germany, 2017) and others. Anush was a resident at the Literature Colloquium Berlin (LCB, Berlin) in 2024 and 2025, as well as writer in residence at Leipzig, invited by Stadt Leipzig.
The first book by the author – Wild Grass poetry collection was published in 2022.
Her novel Edward and the Country is set for publication in 2025. It depicts the post-soviet life in Armenia, from early 90es to our days, and concentrates on the history of the independence, the country passing through war and the traumatic memory and current life of her generation.
