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Six poems
Anahit Hayrapetyan
Anahit Hayrapetyan was born
in Armenia in 1981. Initially
she studied computer science
at the State Engineering
University of Armenia, then in
a World Press Photo seminar, then attended the Danish
School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus.
Her first book of poems was published by the Armenian
Center for Contemporary Experimental Art in 2002. Her
second book,
Taboo,
won the Young Writer Award of the
Writers Union of Armenia in 2005, and her latest poetry
book
Pretty
was published this year by Antares.
Her poems have appeared widely in Armenia, and her
photos have been published by National Geographic
Traveler,
Eurasianet.org,
Armenianow.com, Zaman,
Ogoniok, and Newsweek. In 2006, she won the President's
Prize in Armenia. FotoEvidence has just published her first
volume of photographs,
Princess to Slave,documenting
Armenian women affected by domestic violence.
Poems translated from Armenian by Milena Abrahamyan.
Photos during pregnancy are by the author.