Armenian Literature Foundation presents The Book of Whispers: „The European literary world as well as the press and readers, regard it as a modern, European, literary phenomenon.”

Book of Whispers, Varujan Vosganian

Yerevan, Antares, 2014

The novel „The Book of Whispers” by Romanian-Armenian writer Varujan Vosganian was published in 2009 and was considered the best work of the year in Romania. In the same year Book of Whispers was awarded the top Literary Prize of the Romanian Academy. The novel was presented at a number of international book fairs, received the attention of the European literary world as well as the press and readers, who regard it as a modern, European, literary phenomenon.

Born in Craiova to a family of Armenian ethnicity, Vosganian studied at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza High School in Focúani. He then studied Commerce at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (graduated 1982) and Mathematics at the University of Bucharest (graduated 1991), gaining a PhD. in Economics in 1998.
In 1990, he became president of the Armenians’ Union of Romania and he was twice (1990 to 1992 and 1992 to 1996) elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and twice a Senator (1996 to 2000 and 2004 to 2008), on the lists of the National Liberal Party. Between 1996 and 2003, he was the leader of Uniunea Forelor de Dreapta, a small right wing liberal party, which was eventually merged into the National Liberal Party.
Vosganian has written several books, especially on economics and politics, but also fiction
and poetry. He is a member of the Romanian Writers’ Union, and since 2005, he has served as its vice president. Vosganian is also a leading member of the Romanian Humorists’ Association.

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