Henrik Malyan | |
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 Plaque of Henrik Malyan on Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan | |
| Born | September 30, 1925 Telavi, Georgian SSR |
| Died | March 14, 1988 (aged 62) Yerevan, Soviet Armenia |
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| Nationality | Armenian |
| Years active | 1951–1988 |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | David Malyan (uncle) |
Henrik Sureni Malyan (Armenian: Հենրիկ Մալյան, also transliterated Henrik Malian; September 30, 1925 – March 14, 1988) was an Armenian film director and writer.[1]
He was born in Telavi, Georgia. Malyan's uncle was the actor David Malyan. He studied chess at an early age, along with Tigran Petrosian. From 1942 to 1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory in Tbilisi. In 1951 he graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. Between 1951 and 1954, he was a director at various theatres in Armenia. In 1953, he graduated from the Moscow Theatre Institute. From 1954 on he worked with the film studio Armenfilm.[2]
His 1977 film Nahapet (Life Triumphs) is considered to be one of the most important Armenian films to deal with the Armenian genocide.[3] It was exhibited in the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
In 1980 he founded the Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio for stage works.[5]
In 1982 he was named a People's Artist of the USSR.[6]
- ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 429–430. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ "Henrik Malyan". Armenian Association of Film-Critics and Cinema-Journalists. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ "Fokus Armenian". Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ "All the Films - Festival 1978". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2007-11-13. [dead link]
- ^ "Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio". High Fest International Performing Arts Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ "Malyan". Encyclopedic dictionary. Retrieved 2007-11-12.