AKSEL BAKUNTS, ONE OF THE GREATEST SOVIET ARMENIAN WRITERS, NOW TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

AZG DAILY
26-11-2009

Culture

Born in Goris, Bakunts was one of the greatest Soviet Armenian
writers. His prose captured the spirit and landscape of Armenian
peasant life in the early Soviet years. Much criticised by Soviet
authorities, his work became a window into early Soviet Armenian life.

The Dark Valley [Mtnadsor] is a series of 18 short stories, first
published in 1927. They were translated by Nairi Hakhverdi with an
introduction by Victoria Rowe.

Like other Armenian intellectuals, Aksel Bakunts was executed during
Stalin’s purges.

Aksel Bakunts, The Dark Valley, translated from Armenians by Nairi
Hakhverdi with an introduction by Victoria Rowe, London: Taderon Press,
148 pp, ISBN 9781903656907, UK£10.00 / US$18.00.

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London W14 0HA, England.