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Narine Abgaryan

Narine Abgaryan (Armenian: Նարինե Յուրիի Աբգարյան, Russian: Наринэ Юрьевна Абгарян; born in Berd, Tavoush Province, Armenia on January 14, 1971) is a Russian writer and blogger of Armenian origin.[2][1][3] In 2011, Abgaryan was a nominee of Big Book and Laureate of Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award, Russia, in 2016.

Narine Abgaryan
Narine Abgaryan in 2012
Narine Abgaryan in 2012
Native name
Armenian: Նարինե Յուրիի Աբգարյան
BornNarine Abgaryan
(1971-01-14) 14 January 1971 (age 53)
Berd, Armenia, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter, novelist, blogger
Alma materYerevan Brusov University of Languages
Period2010–present
Notable works
  • Manyunya
  • People Who Are Always With Me
  • Three Apples Fell from the Sky[1]
ChildrenEmil Mednikov (Nov.26, 1995 г.)

She is the author of Manyunya, People Who Are Always With Me,[4] Three Apples Fell from the Sky,[5] Simon, and others. In 2020, The Guardian named her among the brightest authors of Europe.[6]

Biography

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Abgaryan was born in Berd, Tavush Province, Armenia, to a family of a doctor and a teacher. She is the oldest among the five children. Her paternal grandfather was an Armenian refugee from Western Armenia, and her grandmother was a native of Eastern Armenia. Her maternal grandfather was also an Armenian, a native of Karabakh, and grandmother was Russian, a native of the Arkhangelsk region of Russia.[2]

She has a son Emil Mednikov born in 1995.[7]

Education

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In 1988, Abgaryan finished high school in Berd, Armenia. She also attended music school where specialized in the piano. In 1993, she graduated from Yerevan Brusov University of Languages. She majored in Russian language and literature teaching.[8][9] She later moved to Moscow where she worked as an accountant and a seller.[10]

Literary life

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Abgaryan became a blogger in LiveJournal. The stories about a little girl called Manuynya fascinated writer Lara Gall, and she introduced the author to the editor of Astrel-SPb Publishing house.[8][11] The autobiographical novel Manyunya received The Manuscript of the Year Russian national literary award.[12] Later, the author went on writing a trilogy about the girl called Manyunya. In 2012, Simeon Andreich, Manuscript in Scrawls– was published, illustrated by Victoria Kirdiy.[13] In 2014, Chocolate Granddad was published, co-authored with Valentin Postnikov. It is the only book that she calls a children's book.[14] In August 2015, Abgaryan was called one of two laureates of the Alexander Grin Literature Award[15] "for her outstanding contribution to the national literature development".

In March 2020, her novel Three Apples Fell from the Sky was translated into English by Lisa C. Hayden and published by Oneworld Publications.[5][6]

Manyunya was staged by SamArt Youth Theatre, Russia.[16][17][18][2] In 2021, filming for a TV adaptation of Manyunya began, and in 2023, work began on an animated adaptation of Manyunya by Sarik Andreasyan.[19]

Awards

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  • 2011 – the Manuscript of the Year Award for Manyunya[20]
  • 2011 – a nominee for Big Book Award of 2011.
  • 2013 – Baby-Нoc Award.[21]
  • 2015 – Alexander Grin Russian Literary Award for an outstanding contribution to the development of Russian literature expressed in the creation of a particularly significant literary work, or for the works in general.[22]
  • 2016 – Yasnaya Polyana Award in nomination XXI Century for the novel Three Apples Fell from the Sky.[23]

Her collection of short stories "Semyon Andreevich, Chronicle in Scribbles" was named the best children's book of the last decade in Russia.[12]

Bibliography

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Abgaryan signing books

Her books have been translated into 14 languages.[12]

  • 2010 – Manyunya, novel
  • 2011 – Manyunya Writes a Fiction Novel, novel
  • 2011 – A Transplant Girl, novel
  • 2012 – Manyunya, Ba's Jubilee and Other Agitations, short stories collection
  • 2012 – Semyon Andreevich. Chronicle in Scribbles, novel
  • 2014 – People Who are Always with Me, novel
  • 2015 – Three Apples Fell from the Sky, novel
  • 2015 – Mura's Happiness, novel
  • 2016 – Zulali, short stories collection
  • 2016 – People of Our Yard, short stories collection
  • 2018 – To Live On, short stories collection
  • 2020 – Simon, novel

References

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  1. ^ a b Armitstead, Claire; Wroe, Nicholas; Cain, Sian; Cuttle, Jade; Willsher, Kim (March 7, 2020). "'My family are too frightened to read my book': meet Europe's most exciting authors" – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Наринэ Абгарян: детство — это счастье, не важно, в какой стране оно было". 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Наринэ Абгарян: Я похудела на 10 килограммов, когда писала о войне". RFI. March 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Наринэ Абгарян "Симон" - Книжные новинки". www.moscowbooks.ru.
  5. ^ a b "Review: Three Apples Fell From the Sky". The Common. 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  6. ^ a b "The Guardian включила Наринэ Абгарян в шестерку самых ярких авторов Европы". Издательство AST.
  7. ^ "Narine Abgaryan". www.facebook.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  8. ^ a b "День рождения Наринэ Абгарян".
  9. ^ "Наринэ Абгарян - биография, библиография, экранизации, награды". bookmix.ru.
  10. ^ Стулова, Арина (October 30, 2020). ""Я так и осталась робкой "понаехавшей"". Известия.
  11. ^ "Наринэ Абгарян — биография, библиография, экранизации, награды". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  12. ^ a b c "Наринэ Абгарян: Война начинается, но никогда не заканчивается". Радио Свобода.
  13. ^ "Наринэ Юрьевна Абгарян| Папмамбук". www.papmambook.ru.
  14. ^ "Наринэ Абгарян: нам позволено безнаказанно фантазировать". October 2, 2018.
  15. ^ The laureates of the Alexander Grin Literature Award became Narine Abgaryan and Irina Pulya. Archived 2015-10-05 at the Wayback Machine Press-center of Kirov Oblast Government, Aug 7, 2015
  16. ^ Happy «Manyunya» Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine «Samarskaya Gazeta», 13.12.2014
  17. ^ Ксения Аитова В «СамАрте» поставили бестселлер Наринэ Абгарян «Манюня». Archived March 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine ВолгаНьюс.рф, 18.02.2015
  18. ^ Екатерина Шишикина В Омском ТЮЗе состоялась премьера спектакля «Манюня», поставленного петербургским режиссёром Евгенией Никитиной. Archived March 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine газета «Ваш ОРЕОЛ» № 5 (890) от 3 февраля 2016 г.
  19. ^ "Появились кадры с персонажами мультсериала "Манюня" Сарика Андреасяна". www.soyuz.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Наринэ Абгарян "Манюня" | СКУНБ им. Лермонтова". www.skunb.ru.
  21. ^ "Наринэ Абгарян получила премию "Baby-НОС"". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  22. ^ "Премия имени А. С. Грина — 2015". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  23. ^ "Ясная поляна, 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
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