Mirhav by Aksel Bakunts now available in English

Mirhav, a short story by the celebrated Armenian writer Aksel Bakunts, is now available in English.

The prose has been translated by specialist Hasmik Hovhannisyan. The book is available at various bookstores.

Praised by scholars for its linguistic and stylistic richness, the short story blends vivid descriptions of nature with human experience. It is named after the forest bird, the pheasant, which serves as a symbol of memory, loss, and the passage of time.

Born in 1899, Goris, Bakunts, was an Armenian prose writer, film-writer, translator and public activist. Bakunts fell victim to Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge. Accused of various crimes, he was arrested on August 9, 1936 and executed on July 8, 1937. His trial is said to have been twenty-five-minutes.