Hrachuhi Jinanyan

She was born in Constantinople. In 1925 she moved to Armenia. In 1936–41 she studied at the Faculty of Philology of Yerevan State University. From 1941 she worked at the Public Radio of Armenia as an announcer, then as an editor and director. From the day the Yerevan State Theatre Institute was founded until 2002 she taught stage speech at the institute. For many years she also headed the Chair of Stage Speech (professor from 1984). The genre of artistic recitation occupied a special place in her creative work. She received numerous certificates of honour and prizes, and was awarded state decorations. In 1977 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of Armenia, in 2001 the Movses Khorenatsi Order of the Republic of Armenia, and in 2003 the title of Honorary Citizen of Yerevan. She died in Yerevan.