Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian | |
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Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյան | |
![]() Vardan Ajemian on a stamp of Armenia | |
Born | [1] Van, Ottoman Empire | September 15, 1905
Died | January 24, 1977 71) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged
Nationality | Armenian |
Occupation(s) | theatral director and actor |
Known for | founder of the Second Armenian State Theatre (Gyumri State Theatre) |
Awards | People's Artist of the USSR (1965) Hero of Socialist Labour (1975). |
Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian [lower-alpha 1] (September 15, 1905 –January 24, 1977) [1] was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USSR in 1965 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1975.
Ajemian was born in Van, Ottoman Empire and studied in Yerevan and Moscow. In 1928 he founded the Second Armenian State Theatre (Gyumri State Theatre). In 1939 he moved to Yerevan Sundukian Theatre and became its artistic director. He directed Alexander Shirvanzade's For the Honour (1939), William Saroyan's My Heart is in the Mountains (1961), Papazian's Rock (1944), Nairi Zarian's Ara Geghetsik (1946), Aramashot Papayan's The World, Yes, Turned Upside Down (1967) and several musical presentations. He won State Prizes of the USSR in 1951 and of the Armenian SSR in 1971. He died in Yerevan, Armenian SSR.
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