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HRANT MATEVOSSIAN
“Literature has only one address — or rather, it should have only one address: 3 Pushkin Street, Yerevan, to Hrant Ignati Matevossian.”
Selected works
Essential works from Hrant Matevossian’s literary legacy.
We and Our Mountains
“August” | Yerevan | 1967 | Hayastan
1 This village is tied to the world by a thousand threads: the telephone, the power line, the post, deliveries of wool, meat and butter, the cooperative shop, school curricula. The training school for club workers gives the village graduates who understand th…
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Autumn Sun
“The Trees” | Yerevan | 1978 | Soviet Writer
From Moscow to Yerevan, flying over Tsmakut, takes about a hundred minutes. But getting from Tsmakut to Yerevan takes a day and a night. “Our village, dear in-law, is far, far away…” “You say ‘far’ as though it were outside Armenia.” “Outside Armenia, outside…
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The Hangover
“The Trees” | Yerevan | 1978 | Soviet Writer
I The sunflowers look so bright, so bright. They stand silently, looking together. They had been doing something secret, something forbidden; at the sound of the old man’s footsteps they straightened up, and now they look and keep silent. Like a group of chil…
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1935–2002
The writer and his world
Hrant Matevossian
From Ahnidzor to the wider world of literature. In Hrant Matevossian’s prose, the landscapes of Lori, everyday life and memory become stories with universal resonance. His novellas, short stories and screenplays are an enduring part of Armenian literature and cinema. Discover his life and the recollections of those who knew him.
Events
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A place to meet
Visit the Matevossian Centre
Literary gatherings, exhibitions and theatre in the heart of Yerevan. Here, Matevossian’s world lives on through encounters with readers and the arts.
- Address
- 51/1 Abovyan Street, Yerevan
- Opening hours
- Tuesday–Saturday: 10:30–17:00 Sunday: 10:30–16:00 Day off: Monday
- Getting here
- Find us in Abovyan Garden, near the Khachatur Abovyan monument (Plani Glukh). The nearest bus stop is Khachatur Abovyan Square; Yeritasardakan metro station is about an 850 m walk away.
- Phone
- +374 33 341855
Moments remembered
A life in photographs
Photographs from across the decades, offering glimpses of the writer’s life and times. Explore moments from the family and literary archive.
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Partners
Fast Bank
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Cinema Foundation
The initiator and partner of “We Are Our Triangle”, an anniversary exhibition at our Centre dedicated to three major Armenian artists: Hrant Matevossian, Henrik Malyan, and Aghasi Ayvazyan.
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Garni Invest
Our friend and partner in organising temporary exhibitions.