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Varujan Vosganian

ヴァルジャン・ヴォスガニアン

Varujan Vosganian

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1958-07-25 （Craiova, Romania）
国籍
Romania
言語
Armenian, Romanian, English, French, Italian, Spanish
宗教
Armenian Apostolic Church (probable)
居住地歴
Craiova (birthplace) → Focșani (schooling) → Bucharest (long-term residence and activity)

経歴

職業
politician, economist, essayist, poet, writer
活動期間
1989年〜
所属
The Union of Armenians in Romania (UAR) — President, Union of Writers in Romania — Prime-vice president, Former member of the National Liberal Party (PNL)
所属団体
The Union of Armenians in Romania (UAR), Union of Writers in Romania
ノミネート
Nomination for Best Translation of the Year — Leipzig Book Fair (2014), Union of Writers in Romania — Nomination for Best Prose (2009, 2013)

学歴

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)
Commerce
学位: Bachelor
期間: 1978-1982
卒業年: 1982
国: Romania
Studied Commerce; graduated in 1982
University of Bucharest
Mathematics
学位: Degree in Mathematics
期間: 1987-1991
卒業年: 1991
国: Romania
Studied Mathematics; graduated in 1991
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (Ph.D. program)
学位: Ph.D.（経済学）
期間: 1994-1998
卒業年: 1998
国: Romania
Ph.D. in Economics (1998)

受賞歴

Angelus Award (for The Book of Whispers)
2016
対象作品: Cartea șoaptelor (The Book of Whispers)
主催: Angelus Central European Literature Award (Wrocław)
結果: 受賞
Romanian Academy Award (best prose)
2009
対象作品: Cartea șoaptelor (The Book of Whispers)
主催: Romanian Academy
結果: 受賞
Movses Khorenatsi Medal
2011
主催: Presidency of the Republic of Armenia
結果: 受賞
Nichita Stănescu Grand Prize for Poetry
2006
主催: Chișinău Prize (Republic of Moldova)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Cartea șoaptelor (The Book of Whispers)

2009年 historical fiction / novel

Based on family memory and survivors' testimony, the novel treats twentieth-century history—especially the Armenian Genocide and Eastern European Communism—through a mix of memoir, fiction and symbolic narrative. It addresses memory, trauma, and the human choices of forgetting, revenge and forgiveness.

memorygenocidetraumaidentityforgiveness and revenge
映像化・舞台化
  • [stage performances / readings] Performances based on The Book of Whispers
翻訳
  • English translation: The Book of Whispers (Alistair Ian Blyth, Yale University Press, 2017)
  • French translation: Le livre des chuchotements (Laure Hinckel & Marily Le Nir, 2013)
  • German translation: Buch des Flüsterns (Ernest Wichner, 2013/2015)

Copiii războiului (The Children of War)

2016年 novel

A novel depicting the intergenerational effects of war and violence.

warintergenerational traumamemory

Cartea poemelor mele nescrise (The Book of My Unwritten Poems)

2015年 poetry

A volume of poems; modest sales reported.

poetryreminiscencepersonal themes

全著作

  • Jurnalul de front: articole economice (1994)
  • Contradicțiile tranziției la o economie de piață (1994)
  • Reforma piețelor financiare din România (1999)
  • Șamanul Albastru (The Blue Shaman, poems, 1994)
  • Statuia Comandorului (The Statue of Commander, stories, 1994)

翻案

  • Readings, stage interpretations and festival presentations based on The Book of Whispers

作品の翻訳

  • English (Alistair Blyth, Yale University Press, 2017)
  • French (Laure Hinckel & Marily Le Nir, 2013)
  • German (Ernest Wichner, 2013/2015)
  • Spanish (Joaquin Garrigos, 2010)

作風・主題

文体
memoir-infused, symbolic prosenarrative blending history and private memorypoetic, lyrical prose
頻出モチーフ
whispers (voices of memory)intergenerational traumaArmenian history and identity

評価・遺産

Varujan Vosganian is internationally recognized both as a politician/economist and as a writer who gives literary form to Armenian memory and twentieth-century suffering. The Book of Whispers has become a symbolic work commemorating genocide, translated into over twenty languages and presented internationally.

関連学会

  • Romanian Society of Economy (SOREC) — founding member
  • Union of Writers in Romania

資料所蔵先

  • Materials held on the personal website and in Romanian public records

大衆文化への影響

  • The Book of Whispers is frequently used in events, readings and university courses addressing memory of genocide

引用

  • "The book was written between 2003 and 2008. It is at the same time autobiography, fiction and historical document. The characters and the events recounted are true. What I have added is the power of symbols."
    出典: Author interview (about The Book of Whispers) (2009年)

豆知識

  • His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
  • Born to an Armenian family; his grandparents were survivors of the Armenian genocide.