European Union Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2021) Winner
Aram Pachyan
アラム・パチャン
Aram Pachyan
Aliases:
セヴァク・ハコビ・タマミャン / Sevak Hakobi Tamamyan
Pen Names:
Aram Pachyan（Pen name used for literary publications）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1983-03-19 （Kirovakan (now Vanadzor), Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Vanadzor, Armenia)）
- Nationality
- Armenian
- Languages
- Armenian
- Residence History
- Vanadzor (formerly Kirovakan) → Yerevan
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Columnist
- Active Years
- 2009-
- Influenced By
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Thomas Bernhard, Susan Sontag, James Joyce
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yerevan State University | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | 学士（法学） | — | Armenia |
Yerevan State University
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
Degree:
学士（法学）
Country:
Armenia
Obtained a law degree; became disillusioned with legal career prospects and began writing shortly after discharge from mandatory military service.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EU Prize for Literature | P/F | — | European Union (EU) Prize for Literature | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Presidential Youth Prize for Literature | Several early published short stories | — | Office of the President of Armenia | 受賞 |
EU Prize for Literature
2021
Work:
P/F
Organization:
European Union (EU) Prize for Literature
Result:
受賞
Presidential Youth Prize for Literature
2009
Work:
Several early published short stories
Organization:
Office of the President of Armenia
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Robinson and 13 Other Stories
2010 Short story collectionA collection of short stories addressing loneliness, childhood trauma, masculinity, and alcoholism; influenced in part by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
isolationtraumamasculinityalcoholism
Translations
- English edition (Glagoslav Publications, 2020; translators: Nazareth Seferian, Nairi Hakhverdi, Arevik Ashkharoyan, Nyree Abrahamian, Lusine Mueller)
Goodbye, Bird
2012 NovelCenters on the memories and present life of a 28-year-old man discharged from the army; explores memory and personal history.
memorypost-service lifeidentity
Adaptations
- [Stage play] I Am a Vegetarian (stage adaptation) (2015)
- [Opera] English-language opera based on the novel (2021)
Translations
- English edition (Glagoslav Publications, 2013; translator: Nairi Hakhverdi)
Ocean
2014 Short stories and essaysA collection of short stories and essays; one story from the collection was translated into English and published in an international literary magazine.
recollectionurban lifeloneliness
P/F
2020 Experimental novel (fragmentary)A fragmentary, experimental work moving between past and present in Yerevan; notable for its fragmentary, stream-of-consciousness approach.
urban memoryfragmented consciousnesstime
Adaptations
- [Musical composition] Pachyan Fragments (composition for voice, violin and percussion) (2015)
If This Is a Writer
2023 Prose collectionA recent prose collection assembling essays and short prose pieces, containing observations and fragmentary reflections on being a writer.
writingself-observation
Bibliography
- Robinson and 13 Other Stories (2010)
- Goodbye, Bird (2012)
- Ocean (2014)
- P/F (2020)
- If This Is a Writer (2023)
Adaptations
- I Am a Vegetarian — stage play adaptation of Goodbye, Bird (2015, Yerevan)
- English-language opera based on Goodbye, Bird; premiered in Munich (2021)
- Pachyan Fragments (2015) — new composition for voice, violin and percussion performed in Los Angeles
Translations of Works
- Robinson (English translation, Glagoslav Publications, 2020)
- Goodbye, Bird (English translation, Glagoslav Publications, 2013)
- "Remembering the Reader" (translated into English; published in Absinthe, University of Michigan)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fragmentary compositionstream-of-consciousness–like styleexperimental, modern narration
- Recurring Motifs
- isolationmemory and the pasturban (Yerevan) landscapetrauma
Legacy
Considered one of the prominent representatives of the post-Soviet generation of Armenian authors. Gained international attention as the first Armenian author to win the EU Prize for Literature in 2021.
Quotes
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One of the most prominent representatives of the post-Soviet generation of Armenian authors.
Source: Los Angeles Review of Books (article, 2022) (2022)
Trivia
- In 2021 he won the EU Prize for Literature, becoming the first Armenian author to receive it.
- Began writing in earnest after completing mandatory military service.
- Holds a law degree but turned to writing after becoming disillusioned with a legal career.