Education
1991 - Professor
1990 - Dr. Sc.- "Eghish Charenz’ Poetry"
1979 - Docent, of the Dpt.of Foreign Literature and Literary Theory in Faculty of Philology
YSU
1974 - Ph.D. "Armenian Criticism and Aestheticism in the Biginning of the 20-th Century" Moscow
1969 - 1970 Post Gaduate Studies Institution of World Literature USSR, Academy of Science
1962 - 1967 Faculty of Armenian Philology, YSU

Professional experience
2007 - Chairman of Section of Foreign Literature, YSU
1986 - 2008 Head of the Dpt.of Foreign Literature and Literary Theory
2008 - Dr. Sc. of Foreign Literature Dpt. of Faculty of Romance and German Philology, YSU
1979 - Docent, Dpt.of Foreign Literature and Literary Theory in Faculty of Armenian Philology, YSU
1973 - Lecturer, of the Dpt.of Aestheticism and Literary Theory in Faculty of Armenian Philology, YSU

Participations of international conferences
Armenia, USA, France, Germany, Lebanon, Georgia,

Social activities
2002 - 2009 Chief editor of journal "Context"
1975 - Board member of Armenian Union of Writers

Awards received
2010 - Honorable cultural actor /representative/ of Armenia
2006 - State Prize Laureate of Armenia
2004 - Prized by Armenian Charity Union after Haikashen Uzunian
2002 - "Best Writer" prize Laureate of Armenia

Languages
Armenian, English, Russian