Gevorg Abajian | |
Occupation: | Theatrical and literary critic |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1920 |
Birth Place: | Shnogh village, Lori Province, Soviet Armenia |
Death Place: | Yerevan, Armenia |
Gevorg Hambardzumi Abajian (Armenian: Գևորգ Համբարձումի Աբաջյան, December 12, 1920, Shnogh village, Lori Province, Armenia – 2002, Yerevan) was an Armenian theatrical and literary critic. PhD on Philology (1956), awarded by the Renowned Activist of Armenian SSR Arts title in 1972.[1]
Abajian was a World War II veteran. Starting in 1945 he was an artist of Gyumri Dramatic Theatre, then chief-editor of the cultural programs of Armenian SSR state TV-committee, the head of press-department of the Committee of Cultural Relations with Armenian diaspora. He is an author of many books, novels and articles.