[1] Sevak was born Paruyr Ghazaryan (Armenian: Պարույր Ղազարյան) in the village of Chanakhchi (now Zangakatun), Armenian SSR, Soviet Union to Rafael and Anahit Soghomonyan on January 24, 1924.

[3] Sevak spent part of his childhood and adolescence in a location called Navchalu yayla[c] near his native village; in his early writings, he signed his writings with 'Navchalu' as the location where they were written.

In 1960 Sevak returned to Yerevan and resumed his prolific and meaningful literary, scientific and public career.

[6] He started to work at the Abeghyan Institute of Literature as a scientific researcher.

[6] Sevak died on June 17, 1971, in a car crash while on a drive back to Yerevan.