Levon Khechoyan (Armenian: Լևոն Խեչոյան) was an Armenian writer and novelist born on December 8, 1955, and died on January 8, 2014.

Biography

Khechoyan was born in the village of Baraleti, Akhalkalaki district, Georgian SSR. He lived and worked in Hrazdan, Armenia, starting in 1987. In 1983, he earned a master's degree in philology from the Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute. Khechoyan took part in the first Artsakh War.

He began writing as a teenager. His first collection of short stories, Trees of Incense, was published in 1991. Khechoyan wrote the historical novel King Arshak and Eunuch Drastamat. Many of his books have been translated into Russian, English, and Ukrainian. In 2000, he received the Gold Reed Literary Award for his book Black Book, Heavy Bug.

In 2013, he refused to accept the Medal for Services to the Homeland given by President Serzh Sargsyan. He did this to protest against the country's economic and political issues.