Two years without great author: Today marks anniversary of Samvel Mkrtchyan's death

Today marks two years since the death of Samvel Mkrtchyan, a talented Armenian writer and translator.

The great author died on December 7, 2014, the day marking the anniversary of the 1988 tragic earthquake which devastated also his native city, Gyumri.  

Mkrtchyan translated such prominent world classics as William Shakespeare, Thomas Eliot, William Faulkner, William Saroyan, Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Bukovsky etc. His last translated edition, James Joyce’s Ulysses, was exceptional achievement in Armenian language foreign literature. It is considered Mkrtchyan’s masterpiece.