A native of Yerevan, Armenia, Sona Van (née Ter-Hovhannisian) has authored four volumes of poetry, Pshrankner (Slivers, 1999), Yes anun chunem (I Have No Name, 2003), Yes dzain em ...vizualizați mai multeA native of Yerevan, Armenia, Sona Van (née Ter-Hovhannisian) has authored four volumes of poetry, Pshrankner (Slivers, 1999), Yes anun chunem (I Have No Name, 2003), Yes dzain em lsum (I Hear a Voice, 2006) and Chara anunov trchune (A Bird Called Chara, 2010), which have been translated into more than a twenty languages, establishing her as a poet of great significance.
She has been awarded gold medals from the Armenian Ministries of Culture and Diaspora and from the Golden Apricot Film Festival. Also a recipient of the Ianicius Literary Prize and The California Chamber of Commerce acknowledged her with a Woman in Literature Award. She was the receipient of the Armenian Presidential "Movses Khorenatsi" medal for her contributions in preserving the Armenian identity abroad. She also received the Homer Prize - The European Medal of Poetry and Arts and in 2019 she was the recipient of the 1573 International Poetry Prize in China. More: www.SonaVan.comvizualizați mai puține