
Diana Der-Hovanessian
Diana Der-Hovanessian (1934–2018) was a poet, a translator of Armenian poetry, and for many years a contributing editor of AGNI. She authored over twenty-three books of poetry and translation, was twice a Fulbright Professor, and received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Society of America, the PEN/Columbia Translation Center, the Armenian Writers Union, and the Paterson Poetry Center. Her poems appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, AGNI, The Partisan Review, The Nation, and elsewhere.
Der-Hovanessian’s collection Selected Poems was reviewed in AGNI 44 by Ellen Davis.
AGNI has published the following work:
Notice
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
It’s Hard to Be the Child
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Safe House
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Improving the Golden Rule
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
From a Letter I Did Not Receive
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Finding Words
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
No Maestro
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Four and Five
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Goddess of Hunting
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Salt
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Diaspora
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
In a Landscape Without Humans
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Translating
Poetry by Diana Der-Hovanessian
AGNI has published the following translations:
Dialogue Before Death (1983)
Poetry by Nina Berberova • Translated from the Russian by Marsbed Hablanian and Diana Der-Hovanessian
If I Don’t Love You
Poetry by Sylva Gaboudikian • Translated from the Armenian by Diana Der-Hovanessian
Come Back Safely
Poetry by Sylva Gaboudikian • Translated from the Armenian by Diana Der-Hovanessian