Vardan Ajemian
Vardan Ajemian | |
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Born | January 24, 1905 |
Died | January 24, 1977 Yerevan, Soviet Armenia | (aged 71)
Nationality | Armenian |
Occupation | 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 (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.
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[]
- November 24, 1945 — Order of the Badge of Honor
- 1951 — USSR State Prize, third level
- June 27, 1956 — Order of Lenin
- 1970 —
- December 8, 1975 — Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin
See also[]
- Vardan Adjemyan (b. 1956) was a grandson.
Sources[]
- Armenian Concise Encyclopedia, Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdian, Yerevan, 1990, p. 147-148
External links[]
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1977 deaths
- People from Van, Turkey
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Armenians of the Ottoman Empire
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Burials at the Komitas Pantheon