Anahit Ghazakhetsyan
Anahit Ghazakhetsyan (1999) is a poet, essayist and translator. At the age of 16, she received the prestigious Revelation of the Year award from Granish, a prominent and largest Armenian literary community. The following year, Anahit was granted funding by the Ministry of Culture to publish her debut poetry collection, Dilemma.
She studied at the Russian-Armenian University, the University of Salzburg and the University of Copenhagen, focusing on politics and global development. Her dedication to bridging cultures through literature has made her a contributor to the literary landscape, translating works by Mark Twain, Marcus Zusak and Kate Atkinson, as well as contributing to the translation of contemporary English-language poetry. Her own poetry has also received international recognition, with translations available in Italian, Ukrainian, Persian, English, Russian and more. She participated in Parole Spalancate – Festival Internazionale di Poesia di Genova in 2023.
She lives between Armenia, Denmark and Poland.
Photo by Anahit Hayrapetyan