SUSANNA HARUTYUNYAN
Susanna Harutyunyan is a prominent fiction writer and one of the most acclaimed women authors in Armenia, with a bibliography of ten published books and numerous publications in short story anthologies. She has received multiple literary awards for her works, including the RA Presidential Prize for Literature (2016) for her novel Ravens Before Noah, and is a laureate of the Gregory of Narek Memorial Medal (2014).
Ravens Before Noah stands as the cornerstone of Harutyunyan’s literary career, having been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Serbian, Arabic, and Bulgarian, underscoring the universal resonance of her literary voice. The French edition of the novel received the Nouvelles d’Arménie magazine Prize in 2025.
In 2023, Susanna Harutyunyan took part in TANDEM: Author with Translator, a program dedicated to fostering literary collaboration between writers and translators from the Black Sea Region. Within this framework, she worked with Ani Sarukhanyan, the translator of Ravens Before Noah into Turkish.
Harutyunyan has also participated in numerous international literary festivals, including Un Week-end à l’Est in Paris (2025) and the Book Festival in Nancy (2025), representing Armenian literature on major international stages.
Another novel by Susanna Harutyunyan, The Last Horse (2023), is currently being translated into French, while her latest work, To Die Beforehand, is on its way to publication.
She is the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Kayaran.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
To Die Beforehand, («Մեռնել նախապես»), a novel, Edge Publishing House, 2025
The Guilty Past of the Forest, («Անտառի մեղավոր անցյալը»), short story collection, Newmag, 2024
The Last Horse («Անդրանիկի վերջին ձին»), a novel, Newmag, 2023
The Ravens Before Noah («Ագռավները Նոյից առաջ»), a novel, Tsitsernak, Yerevan, 2015; Edit Print, Yerevan, 2019; Edge Publishing House, Yerevan, 2025
Unlinked Novels, («Անհաշտ վեպեր»), two novellas, self-published, Yerevan, 2018
A Group Photo with the Dead and Immortals («Խմբանկար մեռյալներով ու անմահներով»), Edit Print, Yerevan, 2013
Map Without Land and Waters («Քարտեզ առանց ցամաքի ու ջրերի»), a novella, Tsitsernak, Yerevan, 2010
The Talk is About Fall («Խոսքն աշնան մասին է»), short stories and a novella, Tsitsernak, Yerevan, 2009
Hereditary Spring («Ժառանգաբար փոխանցվող գարուն»), short stories, self-published, Yerevan, 2007
News from Life («Լուրեր կյանքից»), short stories and novellas, self-published, Yerevan, 2006
The Last Monday of the Century («Դարավերջի երկուշաբթին»), short stories, Writer’s Union Publishing house, Yerevan, 2002
The Eternity, («Հավերժությունը»), short stories, Nairi, Yerevan, 1996;
INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
RAVENS BEFORE NOAH, A NOVEL
Spanish – Armaenia Editorial, 2024
French – Les Argonautes Éditeur, 2024
German – Akademische Verlagsbuchhandlung Friedrich Mauke KG, 2022
World Arabic rights – Sefsafa, Egypt, 2022
Serbian – Cigoja, Serbia, 2021
World English rights – Glagoslav publications, UK, 2019
AWARDS
2021 – RA Ministry of Defense prize for the best novel
2014 – Grigor Narekatsi medal by RA Ministry of Culture
2016 – Ravens before Noa, Presidential Prize for Literature
2010 – Map Without Land and Water, novella, The Armenian in the 21st Century Prize
2008 – The collection “It is about Autumn” was awarded the annual WUA prize after D. Demirchyan
2006 – The collection “News from Life” was awarded the prize by Hrant and Manushak Simonyans’ literary fund
OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN TRANSLATION
House of Horror, EVN report, 2021
God Has Passed Through Here, Best European Fiction, Dalkey Archive Press, 2018
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