Diana Der Hovanessian is an Armenian Americans poet and author. Much of the subject of her poetry is about Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. She has written and published over twenty-five books. She became an American literature professor at Yerevan State University.
Life and career
Diana Der Hovanessian was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to an Armenian family. She received her education at Boston University and then continued her education at Harvard University.
Diana Der Hovanessian's awards include:
Gold Medal from the Minister of Culture of ArmeniaMesrob Mashtots Translation Award 2003Armenian National Library MedalArmenian Writers Union AwardThe PEN-New England GOLDEN PEN AwardThe National Writers Union AwardNational Endowment for the Arts awardSt. Sahag MedalPaterson PrizeInternational Poetry Forum publication prizeQRL Colladay publication prizeAwards from American Scholar and Prairie SchoonerPEN/Columbia Translation AwardAnahid Award from the Columbia University Armenian CenterThe Barcelona Peace PrizeArmand Erpf translation prizeBoston University Distinguished Alumni AwardMary Caroline Davies Poetry Society of America Lyric Poem AwardNew England Poetry Club Gretchen Warren AwardNumerous prizes from the World Order of Narrative Poets