Vardan Ajemian

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Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian
Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյան
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Vardan Ajemian on a stamp of Armenia
Born(1905-09-15)September 15, 1905 [1]
Van, Ottoman Empire
DiedJanuary 24, 1977(1977-01-24) (aged 71)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Armenian
Occupation(s)theatral director and actor
Known forfounder of the Second Armenian State Theatre (Gyumri State Theatre)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR (1965)

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.

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Biography

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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Notes

    • Armenian: Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյան, romanized: Vardan Mkrtči Ač̣emyan
    • Western Armenian: Վարդան Աճէմեան, romanized: Vartan Ajēmean

Sources

  1. 1 2 Այվազյան, Հ. Մ. (2005). Ով ով է. հայեր (կենսագրական հանրագիտարան: Երկու հատորով). Vol. առաջին. Երևան: Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ. p. 81.

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