In 1926, he moved to Yerevan, where he worked for the newspapers Machkal (Ploughman, 1930–31) and Sots’ialistakan gyughatntestut’yun (Socialist agriculture, 1931–1935).

Ananyan is known for his hunting stories and his realistic descriptions of Armenia's natural world.

[2] Among his well-known works are the book Vors (Hunt, 1934) and the novella Sevani ap’in (On the banks of Sevan, 1951).

[1] His works have been translated into more than two dozen languages,[2] including Russian, English, Chinese, Japanese, German, Czech, Bulgarian, Bengali, and Hindi.

In 1970, he was awarded the State Prize of the Armenian SSR for his works written for children and youths.