SUSANNA HARUTYUNYAN

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Susanna Harutyunyan is a fiction writer. She is one of the most acclaimed women writers in Armenia with a bibliography of 8 published books and numerous publications in short story anthologies. In 2016 she got Armenia’s highest literary award – the Presidential Prize for Literature for her newly published novel Ravens Before Noah. Susanna Harutyunyan’s works have been translated into English, Persian, Greek, Romanian, Azerbaijani, German, Kazakh, and other languages. Harutyunyan is currently the editor of Kayaran literary magazine. She has received a fellowship to work on her new novel. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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
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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