Prominent Armenian literary critic, publicist, and art critic Stepan Topchyan has passed away.

He was the son of literary critic Edvard Topchyan, the brother of writer and literary critic Aleksandr Topchyan, and the father of philologist and translator Aram Topchyan and conductor Edvard Topchyan (Eduard Topchjan), the principal conductor and artistic director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.