BYURAKN ISHKHANYAN
Byurakn Ishkhanyan grew up in Armenia and the Czech Republic. After completing her medical degree and specialization in psychiatry, she moved to Europe for further studies. Since her early twenties Byurakn has been writing short stories and publishing in various Armenian literary magazines and anthologies, some of which have won literary prizes. Most of her literary work is focused on identity and belonging. Byurakn’s works have appeared in various Armenian literary journals. She has published a short story collection in 2019 and her first novel Tote Bag was published in 2023. Byurakn currently resides in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an active member of Aarhus literary community, taking part at the LiteratureXchange literature festivals, a member of Aarhus Women Write writing group.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tote Bag («Կտորե տոպրակ»), a novel, Actual Art, 2023
A Name Difficult to Remember (Դժվար հիշվող անուն), short story collection, 2019
AWARDS
2018 – Inknagir prize for the short story The City Is Pretty When You’re Not There («Քաղաքը սիրուն է երբ դու այնտեղ չես»)
2014 – Havakatsu 6 short prose competition, 2nd place with the short story Life on a Carpet («Կյանքը գորգի վրա»)
2012 – iRegion special prize “for the role of social media in individual’s life and in the society” for the short story The Cat’s Graph («Կատվի գրաֆիկ»)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Is this the end? short text in I’m Extinct anthology, Aarhus, Denmark, 2023
- My Grandmother’s Favourite “95th Birthday”, “The Feminine” short texts in The Women Who Made Us anthology, Aarhus, Denmark, 2022
- Jazz Cafe short story in makukachu: Anthology of Contemporary Armenian Literature, 2016
- The Trio novel in Matnashoonch, an Armenian and English Anthology of Modern Armenian Women’s stories, 2007
