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Nationality
  
Armenian


Name
  
Vardan Ajemian

Vardan Ajemian

Born
  
January 24, 1905
Van, Ottoman Empire

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).

Died
  
January 24, 1977, Yerevan, Armenia

Narek avagyan poem fantaisie de vardan ajemian


Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian (Armenian: Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը, June 4, 1905, Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977, 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.

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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 — State Prize of the Armenian SSR
  • December 8, 1975 — Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin

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