Vardan Ajemian

Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian (Armenian: Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը; June 4, 1905 in Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USSR in 1965 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1975.

Vardan Ajemian
Vardan Ajemian on a stamp of Armenia
BornJanuary 24, 1905
DiedJanuary 24, 1977(1977-01-24) (aged 71)
NationalityArmenian
Occupationtheatral director and actor
Known forfounder of the Second Armenian State Theatre (Gyumri State Theatre)
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR (1965)
Hero of Socialist Labour (1975).

Biography

Ajemian 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) and several musical presentations. He won State Prizes of the USSR in 1951 and of the Armenian SSR in 1971.

Awards

See also

Sources

  • Armenian Concise Encyclopedia, Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdian, Yerevan, 1990, p. 147-148
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