Author Hovhannes Yeranyan

Armen Gulakyan

Director Armen Gulakyan directed the first Armenian State Theater for many years, which was named after Gabriel Sundukyan at his suggestion. Gulakyan also directed the Spendiaryan Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. The productions he produced at both places are considered masterpieces in the history of those two theaters.

Pepo

During the next program of the series "In the Pavilion: Around Literature and Art", prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan talks about the significance of Gabriel Sundukyan's comedy "Pepo" as one of the foundations of new Armenian theater and Armenian cinema.

Yervand Kochar

During the next program of the series "In the Pavilion: Around Literature and Art", prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan tells about the persecutions, art, achievements and conquests of Yervand Kochar.

Grigor Artsruni

Writer, playwright, painter and film director Aghasi Ayvazyan

In the Pavilion: Literature and Art program, prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan presents the high literary and artistic merits of the story "The Price of an Ordinary Man" by writer, playwright, painter, and film director Aghasi Ayvazyan.

Aksel Bakunts

What role did the film "Zangezur" play in the life of screenwriter Aksel Bakunts and what influence did it have on his fate? Novelist Hovhannes Yeranyan talks about the film "Zangezur" and Aksel Bakunts.

Hakob Anandyan

Hakob Manandyan was one of the great scientists who, by teaching at the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary, had turned that institution into the world's largest center of Armenology. Manandyan spoke more than ten languages, and taught history as well as various languages ​​at the seminary. He wrote more than 150 scientific works in Armenian, Russian, and German. After the seminary was closed, when the first state university was opened, Manandyan became the head of the history department, and then was elected rector of the university. He was one of the founding academicians of the National Academy of Sciences. When the scientist was reminded of his great merit, he replied that all this should be considered a tribute of gratitude to the seminary, where he spent his best years.

Hrachya Kochar

Hrachya Kochar was one of the most influential figures in Soviet Armenia in the 1950s and 1960s. The people called his summer residence in Lusakert the building of the Presidium of the Supreme Council. Here, the leaders of the republic discussed important issues for the country with the writer. Prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan tells about the life path and legacy of the writer and controversial person Hrachya Kochar.

Miss Gayane

The next program in the series “In the Pavilion: Around Literature and Art” is dedicated to a unique mystery in the history of Armenian theater: a 19th-century theater actress who was famous as Miss Gayane. After gaining great fame, it is rumored that she is actually not a woman, but a man. She played for only one year, appeared on stage in only four roles, and left the theater. The program tries to answer the question: was that brilliant actress actually a woman and the victim of a conspiracy, or was she really a man?

Paruyr Sevak

Almost half a century has passed since Paruyr Sevak's tragic car accident. To this day, suspicions have not disappeared that the car accident was an attempt to kill the writer. Novelist Hovhannes Yeranyan tries to answer the question: was the car accident an accident or a premeditated murder?