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Zori Balayan (Template:Lang-hy) born February 10, 1935 in Stepanakert is an Armenian novelist, journalist, sports-doctor, traveler and sports expert. He awarded by the "Renowned master of the Arts" Armenian official title.

Biography

Born in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. He graduated the Ryazan State Medical University in 1963, from 1971 to 1973 crossed the Kamchatka and Chokotskaya tundras with dog-sledges, traveling as far as the North Sea.

Balayan was participated in the Karabakh movement, in 1988 he and Armenian poet Silva Kaputikyan had a reception by Mikhail Gorbachev and discussed "the absence of Armenian-language television programs and textbooks in Nagorno-Karabakh schools" and other problems .

Balayan is a journalist of the "Literaturnaya Gazeta".

Interpol

The authorities in Azerbaijan allege that Balayan was involved in a terrorist bombing of the metro in Baku in 1994. General secretary of Interpol, in a letter to Balayan, stated that the agency considered the complaint politically motivated and that it had removed Balayan from its wanted list as a result.

Books

  • My Kilikia, (Russian), Yerevan, 2004
  • Zim Kilikia (Զիմ Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), Yerevan 2005
  • Kilikia (Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), vols. 2 and 3, Yerevan 2006 - 2007
  • Chasm, (Armenian and Russian), Yerevan, 2004
  • Heaven and Hell (Armenian, Russian and English) Los Angeles, 1997, Yerevan, 1995
  • Hearth, Moscow 1984, Yerevan 1981
  • Between Two Fires, Yerevan 1979
  • Blue roads, Yerevan 1975
  • Required Man's opinion,(Russian) Yerevan 1974

References

  1. Balayan's page at the Armenian Writer's Union official site
  2. A Test of Change Explodes in Soviet, By F. Barringer with B. Keller, THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1988
  3. Tony Halpin, "Ship Shape: Cilicia completes second leg of its historic journey around Europe ", ArmeniaNow, Issue #33 (155), September 02, 2005..
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