Vahagn Grigoryan

Vahagn Grigoryan was born on March 27th, 1942 in Yerevan.

He has graduated from YSU faculty of Philology and worked in “Hayastan” publishers, in literary media, and in WUA. “Hayfilm” film studio has made films based on his novels and stories. Also animated films have been made on his scripts. V. Grigoryan’s works have been published in literary media and in separate books in Russian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Polish and Slovenian. He has also done some translations acquainting the Armenian reader with the works of mainly Russian and Lithuanian writers.

WORKS

1. The River of Time, Yerevan, 2009. 2. The Bird’s Soul, Yerevan, 2002.

3. The 5th Street, Yerevan, 1989. 4. Pitch Darkness, Yerevan, 1984.

5. The Fairy-tale Valley (Fairy-tales), Yerevan, 1983.

6. The Fairy-tale City, Yerevan, 1982. 7. A White Raven, Yerevan, 1978.

8. The Fairy-tale Forest, Yerevan, 1978. 9. Ebb Tide, Yerevan, 1976.

10. The King’s Younger Son. The Red Snow, Yerevan, 1974.

11. Joker Gods, Yerevan, 1970. 12. The Footsteps of All Days, Yerevan, 1966.

13. Paper Doves, Yerevan, 1964.

TRANSLATIONS

1. Alexander Milne, Winnie the Pooh and All the Others, Yerevan, 1988.

2. Jusuas Baltashis, Saga about Jaza (novel, translation from the author Nora Grigalavichyute), Yerevan, 1987. 3. Jonas Avijyus, Lost Shelter (novel, translation from the author Nora Grigalavichyute), Yerevan, 1981. 4. Vasil Bykov, Live till Dawn. Obelisk (stories), Yerevan, 1976. 5. A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh and All the Others, Yerevan, 1972.

AWARDS

1. He was awarded RA State prize for the novel “The River of Time” in 2009.

2. He was awarded WUA annual prize for the collection “The Bird’s soul” in 2002. 3. He was awarded the prize after Derenik Demirchyan for the novel “Pitch Darkness” in 1984.