Aram Pachyan

In 2010 Pachyan published his first collection of short stories, titled Robinson and 13 stories^[9] In 2009, before the publication of the entire collection, he received the Presidential youth prize for literature for several stories that were already published at that point.^[10] A second Armenian edition of the book was published in 2019.^[11] The collection was published in English by Glagoslav Publications in 2020, translated by Nazareth Seferian, Nairi Hakhverdi, Arevik Ashkharoyan, Nyree Abrahamian, and Lusine Mueller.^[12] The stories touch on topics such as masculinity, childhood trauma, loneliness and alcoholism.

In 2012 he published his first novel, Goodbye Bird, a reedited and extended second edition of the novel in Armenian was published in 2017.^[13] The following year it was published in English by Glagoslav Publications, translated by Nairi Hakhverdi.^[14] Goodbye, Bird is centered around the memories of a 28 year old man who was discharged from the army. The novel has been adapted for the stage two times: a play based on the novel, titled I Am a Vegetarian premiered in Yerevan in 2015,^[15] the work was also adapted into an English language opera, which premiered in Munchen in 2021.^[16]

In 2014, Pachyan published his second collection of short stories and essays, Ocean, A second edition was released in 2020.^[17] A story from the collection, titled Remembering the reader was translated to English and published in University of Michigan's literary magazine Absinthe.^[18]

In 2020 Pachyan published his second novel, P/F. ^[19] The novel is a fragmentary experimental work touching on the past and present of Yerevan.^[20] Before the novel was published, on February 22, 2015, within the framework of "DILIJAN CHAMBER MUSIC", the work "Pachyan Fragments" written for vocals, violin and percussion by Swiss-based composer Aram Hovhannisyan was performed at the "Zipper Hall" in Los Angeles, USA.^[21][22] In 2021, the novel won the EU Prize for Literature.^[20]

In 2023, Pachyan published a prose collection titled "If This is a Writer".^[23]

Between 2013-2020, Pachyan worked as a columnist in the Hraparak newspaper.^[24]

Literary scholar and editor Arqmenik Nikoghosyan praised Pachyan's work, spotlighting the first three of the writer's books in his radio show High Literature with Arqmenik Nikoghosyan. ^[25][26][27]

Fellow author Grig called Robinson one of the best works of contemporary literature.^[27]