Jean-Chat (Hovhannes) Tekgyozyan is a writer and playwright. He has become known for his first novel Fleeting City published in 2012. He has previously published two collections of short stories, Wooden Shirt and Glass Sun, as well as essays on theater and cinema in The Doublesex Theater collection. His plays Metastasis and Non-People were staged by independent theaters in Armenia. In 2012 Metastasis was also presented at the Forum of the Chekhov International Theater Festival. His second novel Skin Pain was awarded with Orange Book Prize in 2012. Currently Tekgyozyan lives in Strasburg, France and has just finished his first French language novel – “Asile”.
JEAN-CHAT TEKGYOZYAN
INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
FLEETING CITY, A NOVEL
Ayrıntı, Turkey
Mosaic Press, Canada
Belleville Editions, France
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Third Sex («Երրորդ սեռ»), novel, Edge Publishing, 2019
Skinpain («Մաշկացավ»), novel, Antares, 2014
Fleeting City (Փախչող քաղաքը), novel, Antares, 2012
Doublesex Theater («Երկսեռ թատրոն»), essays, Van Aryan, 2009
Glass Sun («Ապակու արև»), short stories, HGM, 2006
Wooden Shirt («Փայտե շապիկ»), short stories, Toner, 2003
AWARDS
Orange Armenia prize for the best novel for Skin Pain («Մաշկացավ»), 2012
Vahan Tekeyan Prize for The Glass Sun («Ապակու արև»), 2009
Grish Davtyan Award for The Doublesex Theater («Եկսեռ թատրոն»), 2009
REVIEWS
Surrealist novel The Fleeting City takes down Armenia’s social taboos, in The Calvert Journal.