The Fountain of the Whale was first published in 1991 in Avetik Darbinyan’s posthumous book Day of Seniority: Shame entitled The King of the Stomach and His Wife (Nairi Publishing House).
The Fountain of the Whale, Eastern Armenian, 2024, 68p., paperback, 978-9939-9285-8-6
About the author
Avetik Darbinyan was born in Gyumri, he worked in a puppet theater as the head of the literary department. Novelist Vahagn Grigoryan wrote an epilogue on his posthumous book, evaluating the literary world of the young author. Avetik Darbinyan’s prose was highlighted by the poet Hrachya Beyleryan, during a conversation about the Robinsonade genre, mentioning one of the excellent manifestations of the genre, Darbinyan’s novel The Fountain of the Whale.
In the 1980s, Avetik Darbinyan’s short stories were published in Garun magazine. The first collection of short stories, Gyumri, was published in 1983, and Day of Seniority: Shame in 1991.