Education
In 1946, he graduated from Yerevan Medical College. In 1962 he finished the Yerevan Medical Institute.
In 1946, he graduated from Yerevan Medical College. In 1962 he finished the Yerevan Medical Institute.
Vardan Ajemian was his first supporter as a theater activist. Harutyunyan is an author of many comedies and plays, which were staged in Armenia and abroad. He headed the Playwright"s Union of Armenia.
Since 1965 he directed the Armenian branch of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Literary Fund.
In 1950-1965 he worked at different medical institutions of Yerevan. In 1964 was appointed Chief Doctor at Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Literary Fund Armenian Branch Polyclinics.
In 1965 he was appointed Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Literary Fund Armenian Branch Director and left the medical area forever. He was on this position up to 1965.
Zhora Harutyunyan was also Writers Union of Armenia committee member.
Vardan Ajemian was his first supporter as a theater activist. Harutyunyan is an author of many comedies and plays, which were staged in Armenia and abroad. Zhora Harutyunyan’s works were translated into different languages.
Zhora Harutyunyan’s filmography:
Zhora Harutyunyan is the author of many famous plays: “Patient #199”, “In the world of flowers”, “Heart Disease”, “Ghazar goes to War”, “Fortunate People”, “Crossroad”, “Your Final Destination”, “lieutenant was Sunny June”, “In Our Age” and many others
His plays have been stages in different countries of former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Europe, such as South Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, Hungary and Bulgaria. A number of researches are devoted to Zhora Harutyunyan’s life and activities.
One of them is “The Knight of the Humor” (Yerevan, 1999). Written by National Academy of Sciences, USA Research Associate Academician Sevak Arzumanyan, as well as outstanding playwright Zhirayr Ananyan’s analytical work “Gevorg Harutyunyan” (Yerevan, 1981) and Candidate of Literary Criticism Vachagan Grigoryan’s “Dramaturgy of Gevorg Harutyunyan” (Yerevan, 2006).
In 2005, Gayane Harutyunyan initiated the publication of another commemorative anthology “You came, surprised Us All and Leaved Us”.
Here the reader can find the memoirs of his famous contemporaries about him, who represent the world of art and literature.
A member of Writers Union of Armenia committee.
