Robert Kamoyan.

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Robert Kamoyan.
Kapan, Yerevan (Armenia)
Robert Kamoyan (1937-2014) was an Armenian artist and theater director, born in Kapan, a city in Armenian SSR. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leningrad (1959-1960) but had to return to Armenia because of his father’s illness. In 1961 he enrolled at the Yerevan Institute of Art and Theater, in two departments –theater direction and painting.  He graduated in 1966 and worked at Yerevan’s Russian Theatre and Tumanyan Theatre as a stage director and set designer. From 1968 to 1998 he worked at the Zangezur State Drama Theatre as a stage director and set designer. Since 1968, participated in many international and national exhibitions. His works were exhibited in St. Petersburg, Riga, Jurmala, Vilnius, Yerevan, and Kapan. Robert Kamoyan’s paintings are in many private collections around the world.
Bookshelf
by Alexis Levitin

In this collection of 34 short stories, author Alexis Levitin, travel set in hand, takes the reader on a journey across several continents – and even into space – exploring the joys of chess and its effect on the lives of those who play.

by Art Beck

A collection of essays and reviews by Art Beck. “These pieces are selected from a steady series of essays and reviews I found myself publishing in the late aughts of the still early century.”

by Nikolai Zabolotsky

A collection of early poems by Zabolotsky, translated into English by Dmitri Manin. “Dmitri Manin’s translations retain the freshness of Zabolotsky’s vision.” – Boris Dralyuk

by Aleksandr Kabanov

A book of wartime poems by Alexandr Kabanov, one of Ukraine’s major poets, fighting for the independence of his country by means at his disposal – words and rhymes.

by Mark Budman

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by Andrey Kneller

In this collection, Andrey Kneller has woven together his own poems with his translations of one of the most recognized and celebrated contemporary Russian poets, Vera Pavlova.

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