Tatev Chakhian

Tatev Chakhian
Native name
Տաթև Չախեան
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992
Yerevan, Armenia
OccupationPoet, Translator
LanguageArmenian, English
NationalityArmenian
Education
Website
tatevchakhian.com

Tatev Chakhian (Armenian: Տաթև Չախեան; b. July 1, 1992) is a Poland-based Armenian poet, translator and artist.

Her debut collection of poetry, անանձնաԳՐԱյին [unIDentical], was published in 2016 in Yerevan. The book was nominated for the European Poet of Freedom Literary Award and was published in Polish under the title Dowód (Nie)osobisty by Instytut Kultury Miejskiej in Gdańsk in 2018. Her second poetry collection, Migrant Point, was published by Actual Art in Yerevan in 2024. Selections of her poetry have been translated into over twenty languages and have been published in anthologies and literary magazines worldwide.

Tatev Chakhian translates and promotes Polish poetry, Iranian contemporary poetry, as well as authors from Russian and English.

Chakhian combines poetry with visual arts, such as paper collages, collaborates with artists, filmmakers and musicians.