

Christopher Atamian is a writer, director and creative producer. He is the former dance and theater critic for The New York Press. Christopher produced the OBIE Award-winning play Trouble in Paradise, participated in the 2009 Venice Art Biennale with his video Sarafian’s Desire and received a 2015 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. His first book of poetry "A Poet in Washington Heights" was awarded the Tölölyan Literary Prize and nominated for a National Book Award. He is finishing a novel and contributes to leading publications such as The New York Times Book Review and The Huffington Post, while working on other creative endeavors in film and theater.