Trafika Europe 4 - Armenian Rhapsody

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.

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