Work Experience.
1992-1996Teacher of Armenian language and literature at school N 114.
1996-2008 Assistantprofessor at Languages Department for Foreign Students at Yerevan State Medical University.
2008 up to now Assistantprofessor at the Department of Armenian Language in the same university.
2009-2011 Editor and corrector of the scientific magazine “Medicine, Science, Education” of the State Medical University.
Scientific experience.
Author and co-author of several training manuals of Armenian Language for students published in Yerevan State Med. University.
”Textbook for Writing and Oral Development Speech” (SisyanA.,Yerevan State Medical University,2002)
”English-Armenian Speech Parallels”, (withphonomanual) Sisyan, Akopova, Yerevan State Medical University,2003
”Study To Read Armenian”, Sisyan,Egiazaryan, Babayan, Yerevan State Medical University,2003
“Texts For Reading”, Yerevan State Medical University, Sisyan A.B.2005.
”The Role and the Place of Training Videofilms in the Process of Teaching Foreign Students”.(International Educational Conferance. Education of Foreigners in Armenia: Problems and Solutions.Yerevan University Press), Sisyan,Grigoryan2008.
”Armenian Language”/training manual/Yerevan State Medical University.Sisyan, Avetisyan, Atabekyan, Davtyan2009.
Editorial works “I sing for you, devote to you” (Sisyan, Yegiazaryan, Babayan, Yerevan State Medical University)2005.
“Armenian-English Speech Etiquette” (Akopova,Yegiazaryan,Yerevan State MedicalUniversity).
Awards.
In 2004 by the order of rector (V. Hakobyan) has received acknowledgment for the organization of event dedicated to the 89th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
In 2010 by the order of rector (G. Qyalyan) has received acknowledgment for event organized in department.
In2016 has awarded to the Poetry Prize of 2016 for the book ”LongingFor 1000 Years”.
In 2012 օne of her stories ’’The Handbag’’ was awarded among the best stories of the year. In 2013 April her book “Hey, Noah!” was the 2-nd among 10 bestsellers in Yerevan.
In 2012 (July-August) she got a scholarship for spending 2 months inVienna invited by Kulturkontakt Austria program.
Professional experience.
2007 up to now Member of Writer’s Union of Armenia.
2016 board member of International Writers Association PjeterBogdani in Brussels (Belgium).
2011-12 member of cultural subcommittee of the Public Council “Culture, Science, Education, Sport and Youth Issues”.
Author of 7 books: “A Handful Of Light”, Yerevan, 2006 “Harahos” – 2007, “Hey, Noah!” 2012, ‘’The Bloօmy Paths”2013,”LongingFor1000 Years” 2016, ”Back To TheSky”, 2016, ‘’Duet of Fountains’’, 2017, Kyoto (in Japanese).
Her works are translated and printed in English,Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, German, Persian,Chinese, Albanian languages.
Her stories and poems widely anthologized, frequently appear in top Armenian literary journals and published in different literary magazines and anthologies abroad:”Russki Gulliver” (Moscow, 2016), ”Azema”, ’’Shokaran’’,Luys” (Tehran, 2015, 2017), ‘’Anthology of Armenian Poetry’’(Poland, 2016), ”Armeniens Herz Gedichte… und sonst nichts”(Germany 2017), “Universal Poets‘’ (Kyoto,Japan),‘’Hamaynapatker’’(Los-Angeles), ‘’Haraj’’(Paris), ‘’ Kamurj’’(Georgia),‘’Kamar’’, ‘’Azdak’’ (Lebanon).
Her poem was included in the book of world contemporary poets ”Venti di Poesia” (2015, Italy) in Italian.
Her translations of Anglo-American poetry of XX century from English into Armenian were published in the “World Literature” quarterly.
Participant of different international literary festivals and programs.
In 2012 (July-August) she got a scholarship for spending 2 months inVienna invited by Kulturkontakt Austria program.
In 2013 she was a participant of ”Genova International Poetry Festival”(Italy) from Armenia.
In August 2013 was invited to Switzerland by the organization Chateau de Lavigny and had readings there-prose and poetry (Geneva and Lavigny).
In 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 was participated in the International Literary Festival ”Literary Ark” in the Armenian delegation.
Marital status: married, have 2 daughters.