Mikael Georgievich Manvelyan (February 14 ( 26 ), 1877 , Tiflis - October 7, 1944 , Yerevan ) - Armenian Soviet writer , playwright , actor .
| Mikael Georgievich Manvelyan | |
|---|---|
 M. G. Manvelyan as Shylock | |
| Date of Birth | February 26, 1877 |
| Place of Birth | Tiflis |
| Date of death | October 7, 1944 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | Yerevan |
| Citizenship |  the USSR |
| Occupation | writer , playwright , actor |
| Awards and prizes | People's Artist of the Armenian SSR ( 1935 ) |
Life and work
Born February 26, 1877 in Tiflis . Mikael Georgievich is the brother of the writer and literary historian Levon Georgievich Manvelyan (1864-1919) [1] [2] . Mikael Manvelyan was engaged in literary activities even before the revolution, since 1894 [1] , and began to engage in stage activities in 1895 [3] . His first collection of short stories, Sketches (Eskizner), was published in 1903 [1] . He is the author of plays: “Late” (1905), “Lost” (1909), “Web” (1910), “Volcano” (1914) [4] , fairy tales-drama “Laughter of the Devils” (“Deveri krkich”, 1917) [1] . In his works, Manvelyan described the difficult life of workers and peasants, reflected the class struggle, among them: “In the Black City” (“Sev Kakhakum”, 1903), “Volcano” (“Hrabukh”, 1916), “Strike” (“The Highlander” , 1927). Later, other stories and short stories were written: “Burning Memories” (“Iroh Usher”, 1922), “Old Wolf” (“Tser Gayly”, 1934), “Awakening” (“Zartonk”, 1939), “The Desert Blooms” ( “Anapaty ktsakhki”, 1933) [1] .
Michael Georgievich studied in drama courses in Moscow in 1903-1905 ( teacher : Iraida Pavlovna Umanets-Paradise ) [3] . Since 1905 in Tiflis , Mikael Manvelyan was an actor of the Armenian Drama Society and played over a hundred roles [3] . After the establishment of the Soviet system in Georgia, he joined the State Troupe. Shaumyan, later moved with this troupe to the city of Yerevan [3] . In Yerevan, Manvelian Mikael Georgievich was one of the founders and leading actors of the Yerevan State Theater , on the stage of which he played the roles of Nickelman (The Sinking Bell by Haupt-Mans, 1922), Rank (Nora, 1922), Tartuffe (1924), Polonius (“Hamlet”, 1924), Blind priest (“The Old Gods” of Shant), Chir (“Love Yarovaya”, 1927), Cheusov (“Rebellion” according to Furmanov, 1928), Yusov (1929), Kostylev (“At the bottom” , 1932), Murad (“At the Dawn” of Gulakyan, 1937) and others [3] . The best roles of Michael Georgievich: Iago (Othello by W. Shakespeare) and Franz Moor (The Robbers by F. Schiller) [1] .
Since 1926, Mikael Georgievich Manvelyan starred in the movie, his roles: Msto (Zare, 1926), the Pope (Always Ready, a short film, 1930), Tumo (Kurds-Yezidis, 1932), Butler (" Brave Nazar ", a short film, 1940) [5] .
He died on October 7, 1944 in Yerevan .