Vardan Ajemian

Vardan Ajemian
180px Vardan Ajemian on a stamp of Armenia
Born	January 24, 1905 Van, Ottoman Empire
Died	Yerevan, Soviet Armenia
Nationality	Armenian
Occupation	theatral director and actor
Known for	founder of the Second Armenian State Theatre (Gyumri State Theatre)
Awards	People's Artist of USSR (1965) Hero of Socialist Labour (1975).

Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian (Armenian: Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը, June 4, 1905, Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977, Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was a Armenian theatral director and actor. he was People's Artist of USSR (1965) and 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 Mountains" (1961), Papazian's "Rock" (1944), Nairi Zarian's "Ara Geghetsik" (1946), several musical presentations. State Prizes of the USSR (1951) and Armenian SSR (1971).

Awards

• November 24, 1945 — Order of the Badge of Honor,
• 1951 — USSR State Prize, third level
• June 27, 1956 — Order of Lenin,
• 1970 — State Prize of the Armenian SSR,
• December 8, 1975 — Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin and the medal "Hammer and Sickle", etc.

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

• "Ajemian" stamp