ARI Literature Foundation is dedicated to developing literary and publishing capacity of Armenia and promoting Armenian literature worldwide.
About ARI Literature Foundation
mission & vision
History
Since 2017 ARI Literature Foundation has been a unique cultural NGO in Armenia promoting the visibility of Armenian authors worldwide. Founded by literary agent Arevik Ashkharoyan, who has been working towards promoting Armenian writers globally for over 5 years, the organization came to fill in the gaps in Armenian literature promotion programs.
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2017
business founded
ARI was founded and started with implementation of one small project of hosting a tour of American writers and 10 young writers for training and dialogue. The first edition of Write in Armenia International Writing Camp based on the experience of the first project implemented in 2018 .
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2018
New projects
New partnership with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to coordinate Gulbenkian Translation Series Project.
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2022
Development in numbers
Over 5 editions of Write in Armenia, with 50 young writers from 5 countries trained and brough into dialogue around literature, politics and globalization.
Around 4 new projects in implementation, including ARI Press, international projects funded by EU Creative Europe. Long standing partnerships with Galoust Gulbenkian Foundation, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Eurasia Partnership Foundation.
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2025
network growth
Organized and/or participated in over 40 international industry events in 10 countries, over 4 continents.
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Now
International reliability
A reliable project partner for over 3000 international partners, publishers and cultural organizations globally.
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Coming Soon
First edition of Parallels International Festival for Literature in Armenia.
meet the team
Our Team
Arevik Ashkharoyan
Founder, Director
With more than a decade of experience in the corporate world, for the past 15 years Arevik Ashkharoyan shifted her focus to work in publishing, literary projects’ management and promotion of Armenian literature.
Liana Shiroyan
Program Manager
Program manager and translator Liana Shiroyan is responsible for ARI projects development and coordination, financial operations and office management.
partners & sponsors
RDG Stiftung
HyeStart
Goethe Institut Armenia
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Eurasia Partnership Foundation
US Embassy in Armenia
EU Creative Europe
