Narine Abgaryan Explained

Narine Abgaryan
Birth Name:Narine Abgaryan
Native Name:Armenian: Նարինե Յուրիի Աբգարյան
Birth Date:14 January 1971
Birth Place:Berd, Armenia, Soviet Union
Occupation:Writer, novelist, blogger
Period:2010–present
Children:Emil Mednikov (Nov.26, 1995 г.)
Alma Mater:Yerevan Brusov University of Languages

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

She is the author of Manyunya, People Who Are Always With Me,[3] Three Apples Fell from the Sky,[4] Simon, and others. In 2020, The Guardian named her among the brightest authors of Europe.[5]

Biography

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.[1]

She has a son Emil Mednikov born in 1995.[6]

Education

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.[7] [8] She later moved to Moscow where she worked as an accountant and a seller.[9]

Literary life

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.[7] [10] The autobiographical novel Manyunya received The Manuscript of the Year Russian national literary award.[11] 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.[12] In 2014, Chocolate Granddad was published, co-authored with Valentin Postnikov. It is the only book that she calls a children's book.[13] In August 2015, Abgaryan was called one of two laureates of the Alexander Grin Literature Award[14] "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]

Manyunya was staged by SamArt Youth Theatre, Russia.[15] [16] [17] [1] In 2021, filming for a TV adaptation of Manyunya began, and in 2023, work began on an animated adaptation of Manyunya by Sarik Andreasyan.[18]

Awards

Her collection of short stories "Semyon Andreevich, Chronicle in Scribbles" was named the best children's book of the last decade in Russia.[11]

Bibliography

Her books have been translated into 14 languages.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян: детство — это счастье, не важно, в какой стране оно было. 29 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян: Я похудела на 10 килограммов, когда писала о войне. March 20, 2018. RFI.
  3. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян "Симон" - Книжные новинки. www.moscowbooks.ru.
  4. Web site: 2021-01-26 . Review: Three Apples Fell From the Sky . 2022-05-24 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: The Guardian включила Наринэ Абгарян в шестерку самых ярких авторов Европы. Издательство AST.
  6. Web site: ru. Narine Abgaryan. www.facebook.com. 2020-10-26.
  7. Web site: День рождения Наринэ Абгарян.
  8. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян - биография, библиография, экранизации, награды.. bookmix.ru.
  9. Web site: "Я так и осталась робкой "понаехавшей". Арина. Стулова. October 30, 2020. Известия.
  10. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян — биография, библиография, экранизации, награды . 2016-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160416235957/http://bookmix.ru/authors/index.phtml?id=350 . 2016-04-16 . dead .
  11. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян: Война начинается, но никогда не заканчивается. Радио Свобода.
  12. Web site: Наринэ Юрьевна Абгарян| Папмамбук. www.papmambook.ru.
  13. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян: нам позволено безнаказанно фантазировать. October 2, 2018.
  14. http://www.kirovreg.ru/news/detail.php?ID=67723 The laureates of the Alexander Grin Literature Award became Narine Abgaryan and Irina Pulya.
  15. http://sgpress.ru/Teatr/Radostnaya-Manyunya60910.html Happy «Manyunya»
  16. Ксения Аитова В «СамАрте» поставили бестселлер Наринэ Абгарян «Манюня». ВолгаНьюс.рф, 18.02.2015
  17. Екатерина Шишикина В Омском ТЮЗе состоялась премьера спектакля «Манюня», поставленного петербургским режиссёром Евгенией Никитиной. газета «Ваш ОРЕОЛ» № 5 (890) от 3 февраля 2016 г.
  18. News: Появились кадры с персонажами мультсериала "Манюня" Сарика Андреасяна . 3 December 2023 . www.soyuz.ru . ru.
  19. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян "Манюня" | СКУНБ им. Лермонтова. www.skunb.ru.
  20. Web site: Наринэ Абгарян получила премию "Baby-НОС" . 2016-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180226172525/http://www.yerkramas.org/article/56749/narine-abgaryan-poluchila-premiyu-%C2%ABBaby-nos%C2%BB . 2018-02-26 . live .
  21. Web site: Премия имени А. С. Грина — 2015. 2017-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042109/https://bibliotekagrina.ru/the-award-is-named-after-and-on-the-green-2015.html . 2017-12-01 . live.
  22. Web site: Ясная поляна, 2016 . 2016-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111061709/http://www.yppremia.ru/2016/ . 2016-11-11 . dead .

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