In Armenia in September 1939 the millennial anniversary of Sasuntsi Davit epos was celebrated.
On this occasion the USSR Writers' Union directorate's plenary session was held in Armenia.
The Seventh Assembly (April 1976 of the Writers' Union elected Vardges Petrosyan as the Secretary-in-Charge.
In the September of the same year the Writers' Union building was transferred to a special army detachment as a general headquarters.
In 2001 the thirteenth Assembly was held and Levon Ananyan was elected WUA president.