Artashes Emin
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Artashes Emin Արտաշես Էմին | |
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 Artashes Emin being interviewed during the dedication ceremony of the statue of Gevorg Emin at Lovers' Park on December 11, 2010. | |
| Born | January 4, 1961 |
| Occupation | Translator |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Education | Yerevan State University (BA), (ABD) |
| Alma mater | American University of Armenia (LL.M.) |
| Parents | Gevorg Emin (father) |
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Artashes Emin (Armenian: Արտաշես Էմին, born January 4, 1961) is an Armenian translator and essayist.[1] He is a member of the Writers Union of Armenia, International Association of Conference Interpreters (2005),[2] Armenian Conference Interpreters Association (ACIA), Armenian P.E.N. Centre, and Oral History Association. He is a Merited Artist of Armenia (2015)[3] who served as Honorary Consul of Canada in Armenia from 1997 to 2019.[4]
Born in the family of poet Gevorg Emin, he graduated from Yerevan State University's Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology (cum laude) in 1982, completing post-graduate studies in 1986 as a doctoral candidate in comparative literature.[5] At YSU he was the director of the William Saroyan Heritage Centre from 1986 to 1992. In 1992 he became the bureau manager of the Canadian Representation in Armenia.[5] Emin lectured at the University of Michigan and Harvard University under the Fulbright Program from 1994 to 1995. Upon his return to Armenia, he founded Babylon Interpretation Agency in 1996, which specializes in providing simultaneous interpreters.[5] He was appointed as honorary consul of Canada to Armenia in 1997, maintaining that role until 2019. He also served as the general secretary of the Armenian P.E.N. Centre from 1990 to 1998.[5] In 1999, he graduated as a Master of Law from the American University of Armenia, School of Law.[5] He was one of the victors on the popular Russian-language intellectual game show What? Where? When? during the March 27, 2010 episode.[6]
