Narine Yurievna Abgaryan - Russian writer.
She was born on January 14, 1971 in the town of Berd, Tavush region of Armenia. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a teacher. Narine also has three more sisters and a brother. The paternal grandfather is an Armenian, a refugee from Western Armenia, the paternal grandmother is an Armenian, a native of Eastern Armenia, which was a part of the Russian Empire and the USSR, which is now an independent state. The maternal grandfather is an Armenian, a native of Karabakh. The maternal grandmother is Russian, a native of the Arkhangelsk province of Russia. They met their grandfather during the Great Patriotic War, which went from beginning to end.
Narine Abgaryan received her secondary education in Berdskaya high school # 2. She also studied piano at the music school # 1, the only one in her hometown. Received higher education at the Yerevan State Linguistic University named after Bryusov. She studied to be a teacher of Russian language and literature.
She moved to Moscow in 1994 to get higher education... She got married, gave birth to a son in 1995. The golden-headed one has long become a second home for the writer.
Narine Abgaryan's literary path began when she started a blog in LiveJournal in 2005, but after a couple of months she stopped writing and resumed recordings only in the spring of 2009. Soon she started stories about Manyunya. The writer Lara Gall became interested in them, and she introduced Narine to the editor of Astrel-SPb Irina Kopylova. Thus, as a result of fruitful cooperation, the books by Narine Abgaryan appeared, which became known after the publication of the autobiographical book "Manyunya" (2010). With this book she became a laureate of the Russian National literary award "Manuscript of the Year" in the "Language" nomination. Included in the long list of nominees for the 2011 Big Book Prize. In 2011 and 2012, the sequel and conclusion of books about Manyuni's adventures were published.
In 2011, the autobiographical novel "Come in large numbers" was published, which received the Grand Prix of the "Manuscript of the Year" award. In September 2012, a story for children “Semyon Andreevich. Chronicle in scribbles ”, and in April 2013 Narine Abgaryan received the“ BABY-NOS ”award for her, where the story was recognized as the best children's book of the last decade.
In February 2014, the novel People Who Are Always With Me was released.
In 2014, Abgaryan published a fairy tale “The Giant Who Dreamed of Playing the Violin,” written in collaboration with Armen Vatyan, which tells the story of a giant who fell in love with music. The tale was recognized by the portal "Papmambuk" as the best children's book of 2014.
In December of the same year, the fairy tale "Chocolate Grandpa", written with Valentin Postnikov, was published about a glorious grandfather who adores sweets and sleeps on the ceiling.
In March 2015, the novel Three Apples Fell From the Sky was published, written in the genre of magical realism. These are stories about eccentric and touching inhabitants of the small village of Maran, lost high in the mountains. By the quirkiness of the subject matter and the tragicomic nature of the heroes' fate, the text can be compared with the novel by G. Marquez "One Hundred Years of Solitude".
Nothing could be better than a book about childhood. Every adult sometimes wants to go back there! In childhood, it is always good, fun, perky, exciting, and most importantly, we enjoy every day there. There is no greed, anger, betrayal.
With the help of the book "Manyunya" you have the opportunity to return to childhood, even for a minute. Manyunya is the embodiment of endless joy, picturesque landscapes, magic of every day. How wonderful it is to get to know the world, see something incredible in the ordinary and participate in adventures!
The author tries to convey all the feelings of the child, the child's naive view of seemingly ordinary things.
While reading the book, you will meet two girlfriends Manyunya and Nara. Their energy, recklessness, craving for new things will attract your attention. They now and then fall into various interesting and casual stories. Also, you will meet their good-natured grandmother who forgives them every now and then. She tries to do everything possible so that children's pranks do not turn into a disaster.
When you read the book "Manyunya writes a fantastic novel", the continuation of Manyunya's fascinating adventures awaits you. The two girlfriends again took up their own. They can't sit still. They are full of energy, freedom of spirit, and most importantly, they help us to plunge into childhood, into that very thing, full of goodness, happiness, unforgettable and sincere moments.
You will meet the relatives of Manyuni. And it will immediately become clear who she is.
What story did the girlfriends get into this time? You will learn about this when reading the work "Manyunya writes a fantastic novel".
Narine Abgaryan's creativity from the first pages will sink into your heart.
A simple, humorous presentation will not leave you indifferent. Everyone will be able to recognize themselves, their friends, relatives, children, acquaintances, which will help to answer the questions that you never had time to ask.
Don't leave childhood for later, plunge into it now! The novel will want to be re-read over and over again.
She is a young, beautiful, charming girl who comes to huge Moscow.
And the crazy, incredible, crazy 90s are raging in the yard.
And the capital itself, as everyone knows, meets everyone in its own way ...
Someone is lucky and he immediately, from the first second, finds something unimaginable in her, falls in love with her and no longer wants to leave her, but merge with her rhythm together ...
But someone may be much less lucky ...
After all, sometimes she is completely unfriendly and strives to expel the tourist or temper him ...
This book is a small fragment of the life that has come in large numbers. It is in this book that each reader will be able to find for himself a huge amount of irony, kindness and incredible stories ...
And the style of the writer, the meaning of her books are so extraordinary that getting to know them will play an important role in your life ...
Do not deny yourself the pleasure!
"Stories for the New Year and Christmas" is an amazing book that will give everyone a New Year's, fabulous, truly magical mood that cannot be described in words.
Whatever it was, but it is the eve of the New Year and Christmas that is the most fabulous and kindest time of the year.
Indeed, it is on the eve of the New Year holidays that people think about the outgoing year, take stock, make new plans, reflect on their desires and dreams, make the most cherished of them, buy gifts for loved ones, decorate Christmas trees, decorate houses and are just waiting for the holidays ...
And, of course, deep down, everyone is waiting for magic and miracles at this time.
And, you know, miracles do happen.
Oh, how many desperate hearts found love on Christmas Eve or on New Year's Eve itself. And how many have met their guardian angel or just found a person with a kindred spirit who understands by the eyes ...
Many can boast of the fulfillment of desires at this time, and someone simply fulfills dreams, other people's dreams ...
The writer in her book managed to convey all respect for older people, all gratitude to them ...
She so reverently describes their life, which is full of anxiety, worries and love for their grandchildren ...
The book Three Apples Fell From the Sky is full of wisdom, imbued with love and respect, which is not often found in modern world…
To readNarine Abgaryan honestly admits that he does not like popularity. The writer does not have Instagram, and women have only a few neutral posts on Twitter. Narine prefers to open his soul to his readers in books. And, despite the ambiguous genre of works - children's literature for adults, the reader reciprocates her. For example, in 2016 Abgaryan received the prestigious Yasnaya Polyana Prize, which is awarded to authors who carry the ideals of philanthropy and morality.
Childhood and youth
The future creator of "Manyuni", the main characters of which the girl will write off from herself and her friend Maria Schatz in the future, was born in a small town in Armenia called Berd. The girl was born on January 14, 1971. After Narine, the Abragyan spouses gave birth to 3 more girls and a long-awaited boy, who diluted the kingdom of whispering sisters.
The friendly family spent a lot of time on joint trips around Armenia. The entire flavor of the mountainous area will later be reflected in the writer's works. Many years later, in an interview “ Russian newspaper“Narineh will say about his nationality that a lot of Armenian, Russian and universal is mixed in it.
Another hobby of Abgaryan was books. Children, like adults, spent a lot of time reading.
After graduating from school, Narine entered the Yerevan State Linguistic University. V. Ya. Bryusov, but, having received a diploma "teacher of Russian language and literature," the girl does not work in her specialty for a day. Narine understands that becoming a teacher is not her destiny, and in 1993 she moved to Moscow to find her calling.
However, in Russia, the talent of the writer is not immediately revealed. At first, Narine works in various fields, and later decides to get an accountant diploma.
Literature
Writing became a kind of outlet for Narine. At one point, many problems fell on the woman: working as an accountant did not bring pleasure, relations with her husband were strained, and her son fell ill. And the doctors made a difficult diagnosis for Narine herself, hinting that the woman had little time left.
To distract from the problems, Abgaryan opened a personal account in LJ ( social network "Live Journal"), where she published short stories based on her own childhood memories. Such a release of accumulated emotions brought an unexpected result. The son quickly recovered, the next tests confirmed that Narine's diagnosis was wrong.
In addition, the blog, constantly replenishing with new stories, attracted the attention of both the general public and serious publishers. Narine's works attracted the interest of Astrel-SPb, and in 2010 the novel Manyunya was published. The first edition of books about the adventures of two little girls in the mountains of Armenia was sold out in just over a week.
The rookie novelist's debut was shortlisted for the prestigious Big Book 2011 award, but was not a finalist. A year after the first story, a continuation of the fascinating story is published under the title "Manyunya writes a fantastic novel." The novel "Manyunya, Ba's Jubilee and Other Troubles", which appeared in bookstores in 2012, completed the trilogy that Abgaryan wrote about cute fidgets.
And between work on children's stories, the writer creates a novel "Come in large numbers". Like the story about Manyun, the book has many autobiographical moments. In an interview, Narine admits that this work is the most unloved of the writer. One of the main reasons is that there is too much swearing in the book, which looks unconvincing on the pages of the novel.
In 2014, after the publication of children's books and more serious literature, a period of joint creativity begins in Narine's biography. Together with Valentin Postnikov, the writer publishes the fairy tale "Chocolate Grandpa". The children liked the light work so much that the authors were besieged with requests to write a sequel. The writers agreed to consider such a possibility.
In 2015, Narine returned to serious literature. In the novel Three Apples Fell From the Sky, Abgaryan reveals the problems that really hurt the writer. A woman often speaks in her interviews about old age and attitudes towards old people. By the way, the writer does not like the word "old man", but so far she cannot find the correct synonym for it.
Later, the editor of the Odessa comic magazine "Fountain" turned to Narine and invited the writer to become the author of stories. Now in the online edition you can read 3 works by Abgaryan: "Driving Lessons, or How to brake with your back foot", "About Uncle Aram" and "How I Didn't Become a Millionaire."
Touching quotes from the writer's works in 2017 found a separate life. The AST publishing house has released the notebook “Life - it is where we are loved”. The notebook is decorated with aphorisms of the already famous author and illustrations by Elena Zhukovskaya.
Personal life
In conversations with journalists, Narine diligently avoids the topic of his own family. It is known that the writer is raising her son, who was born in Moscow in 1995. The young man, whose name is not disclosed and in his personal records appears exclusively as "son", graduates from university and meets a girl. The only thing Narine dreams of is that the descendant would wait with the children for now.
Not much more is known about Abgaryan's husband. The spouse of the writer, as it became known from the woman's online diary, is tall. As soon as the man saw the short Narine, he immediately decided to marry. After six months of courtship, young people began to live together.
Narine divorced her husband in 2017. Most of all, the woman's parents worried about the divorce. During the project "Conversation with writers about old age" Abgaryan admitted that mom and dad cared public opinion... After all, an adult woman was left alone. The writer herself claims that she reacted philosophically to divorce.
Narine Abgaryan now
In January 2018, the writer presented a new creation - a book called "Continue to Live". The work tells about the fate of people whose peaceful existence was interrupted by the war. The writer plans to create another book about military conflicts. Only this time, write a comforting and funny piece that will not put pressure on the reader.
The writer continues to be guided in her work by the principle “not a day without a line”. Narine admits that otherwise she would have abandoned books long ago. The writer creates her own works with jazz.
In March 2018, two books by Abgaryan were published in French. “People who are always with me” and “Three apples fell from the sky” Narine presented at the French national fair. The last of the mentioned works became a bestseller in Bulgaria.
Recently, Narine returned to maintaining a personal page in LJ, which she uses both to express personal thoughts, and to save her favorite recipes, and as her own official website.
Bibliography
- 2010 - "Manyunya"
- 2011 - "Come in large numbers"
- 2012 - "Manyunya, Ba jubilee and other troubles"
- 2013 - Double Rainbow
- 2014 - "People who are always with me"
- 2015 - Three apples fell from the sky
- 2016 - "Zulali"
- 2018 - "Continue to Live"
This book is the first collection of prose by Narine Abgaryan: the novels "Three apples fell from the sky" (awarded the "Yasnaya Polyana" prize for 2016), "People who are always with me", stories and stories. Whatever Narine Abgaryan writes about, about the artless life of the inhabitants of a small mountain village, about the horrors of war or about childhood - all her works speak of the beauty of life. And that in any situation you need to remain human.
“There is no place for pain on the crown of Hali-kar. All yours is in you, all yours is with you. Stone rapids, the dome of the chapel overgrown with grass, morning fogs - rushing down from the tops of the hills like rivers of milk - forward, forward, where it is possible, coming close, to look into the windows of the houses.
A portrait of a grandmother in a blackened wooden frame, a childhood home, the graves of ancestors in an old cemetery, a red country road that begins in your heart. There are traces of those who left on it. Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. One, two, three, four, five ... Do not take away, do not give. All yours are in you, all yours are forever with ...
Manyunya
Childhood is the happiest time when you get to know the world, simple things are amazing and you want to plunge into adventure. Endless fun, bright events and a naive look at what is happening.
On the pages of this book, you will meet two lovely girls Nara and Manyunya.
Cheerful, out of control, naughty children are constantly caught up in funny stories. A kind and fair grandmother forgives them any tricks, but always remains on the alert, which prevents simple pranks from turning into a real disaster.
Manyunya writes a fantastic novel
This book continues the adventures of the cheerful and hooligan little girl Manyuni and her friend Nara, who also does not sit still and wants to play a hooligan.
Who our Manyunya looks like becomes visible after meeting numerous relatives, who also do not differ in calm behavior and silence.
What happened to the kids this time? The reader will learn from this book, which will captivate you from the first chapter. A colorful, simple, funny description of childhood captivates. Everyone will be able to recognize themselves in the heroes of the book. What a fairy tale and what a reality in this work is up to you.
Manyunya, Ba jubilee and other troubles
Concerns surround our familiar girlfriends Manyunya and Naru. During the day you need to play enough, have fun, play pranks. Well, what about the best part of life - childhood? Our Manyunya is a real hurricane storm!
Everything that little girls take on becomes a funny story. Restless relatives are also not lagging behind, but the grandmother will reconcile everyone and decide everything with this amazing company.
The book is filled with the adventurous antics of the heroines. The openness and honesty pouring from the pages will allow you to recognize yourself or your close relatives in the heroes during your carefree childhood.
People's book
About love. Stories and stories
Some time ago we held a competition within the framework of the "People's Book" project, which was called "About Love ..." and offered to describe the feelings and events of independent authors who sent us their stories.
The book additionally includes stories about love of already recognized authors, such as Maya Kucherskaya, Narine Abgaryan, Maria Stepanova.
Cool detective (AST)
Chocolate grandpa
The life of an ordinary Norwegian family from a small Norwegian town turned upside down when grandfather Oscar came to visit them. Neither Martin nor his older sister had ever met their grandfather before, whom everyone calls just Chocolate Grandpa, because he cannot live a day without sweets.
The city will host an annual sweets fair very soon, but someone wants to rip it off and make all the cakes and pastries bitter! Will Chocolate Grandpa, together with his grandchildren, be able to prevent the insidious villainous plans?
An exciting detective story awaits you!
Manyunya and others
Mura's happiness
Now you and I know exactly the name of the happiest girls on earth - Murami.
The guys have wise grandfathers, caring grandmothers, loving dads and mothers, naughty older brothers who just slightly spoil the peaceful atmosphere around. The guys have so many adventures that they are already overflowing.
All these events will wrap you up with warmth, fun and a handful of sadness from the pages of the book. After all, life is very diverse.
Narine Abgaryan presents
Nine Days in July (compilation)
The best, ironic, funny prose in the collection is Nine Days in July.
Even the most difficult life situations there is a way out, which is not always obvious and sometimes surprise will help to find it. Humor and understanding are what makes life fun.
Enjoy your journey into the world of books.
People who are always with me
Continue to live
War is always horror, pain, suffering, grief and blood. This is the torment and death of loved ones. The crippled fate - literally and figuratively. Widespread devastation and destroyed houses, grief of mothers, death of children, whose young faces captured the last cry.
The horror that becomes part of the lives of many people who have touched the war. But those who survived hell are fighting for life and the future. People begin to build what is destroyed and destroyed - including their own souls. They are embedded in a new reality that will never be the same ...
Holiday-Holiday
New Year and Christmas Stories
This book will tell stories about the different miracles that happen to ordinary people in New Year.
The best time of the year is considered to be New Year and Christmas. We all sum up the results of the outgoing year, make plans for the future and make wishes. We decorate Christmas trees, buy gifts in anticipation of the New Year holidays.
Everyone is waiting for New Year's miracles that will definitely happen. Someone will find true love, someone will meet a guardian angel in the face of an ordinary person who will reach out at a difficult moment. You can become a wishmaker yourself and your wishes will come true.
No series
Three apples fell from the sky
A wise story about relatives, about the Little Homeland and those who live high in the mountains. All the inhabitants of these territories hide within themselves the true treasures of the spirit.
There are moments here that at first do not attract attention in the story, but you will unconsciously focus on them, wondering why? And after some time, you will receive an answer from the writer herself ..
This novel has a thread running through the entire plot that tightly binds all characters and audience. It was created with a great sense of love for their native places, which are now almost forgotten by the youth.
All about Manyun (collection)
I've always dreamed of seeing myself as a child.
For example, a 5 year old girl. Chubby, with a blush, with hair burnt out under the scorching sun. I loved interacting with caterpillars. I asked them all sorts of questions and constantly expected answers. The caterpillars either turned into balls or crawled away from me. Without words.
I so wanted to look at myself when I was little, that I once took and wrote a book about this time. About my family and our friends. About the place where I was born. About the people who live there.
Come in large numbers
A young but proud beauty arrives to conquer the Russian capital. It's the dashing 90s, and Moscow is becoming different for everyone. Someone instantly falls in love with this place and considers it magnificent. The capital joyfully does not greet someone and presents many problems ...
This is a novel about a small piece of life "come in large numbers".
There is room for both pertinent irony and engaging personal stories. Will a newcomer be able to become a Muscovite?
People who are always with me
In the first moments, it seems that the novel tells the story of several generations of one large family - about its joys, problems, happiness, defeats, ups and downs. But in reality, the work is much deeper.
It reflects the history of not just a family, but a whole country, all the people who live in it, and each person in particular.
The book will be interesting even for those who do not consider themselves a fan of this genre.
Zulali (collection)
This is a novel about a bitter and funny world of people who exist without paying attention to time.
People who have no fear of flying and know how to see something funny even in a tragic one. The world of elders and children, adults and those who lost their faith, but did not give up.
The world of people who are forever stuck in that dimension where dreams will certainly come true sooner or later.
Three apples fell from the sky. People who are always with me. Zulali (collection)
This book is the first collection of prose by Narine Abgaryan.
Whatever topics Narine Abgaryan touches on in her books - about the simple life of the inhabitants of a small mountain village, about the nightmare of war or about childhood - all her stories tell about the beauty of life.
And that in spite of everything one should remain human ...
Manyunya
"Manyunya" is a wonderful story about childhood. Funny, amazing and full of exciting adventures.
If you like to laugh, this book is definitely for you.
And, of course, this is a book for your parents, who have already matured, but in their hearts, one way or another, remain children ...
One woman, one man (compilation)
The stories from the collection are similar to the stories that strangers share with each other on trains or long journeys.
Names, of course, no one discloses - here only designations like "acquaintance", "friend", "old friend", "acquaintance". Sometimes people add colors and details, as they say, from themselves, leaving the main idea of \u200b\u200bthe story.
The stories in this edition are written in a casual and humorous way. What connects them together? They are all about life - about love, acquaintances, thoughts, people, etc.
Double rainbow (collection)
This collection will give you the opportunity to familiarize yourself with good prose.
Different in sound - sincere, tragic, funny, angry, touching ...
The most important thing that unites the stories and stories of "Double Rainbow" is sincerity, one that cannot be faked and imagined.