Hripsime Srapyan
Hripsime Srapyan | |
|---|---|
Հռիփսիմե Սրապյան | |
| Born | 28 December 1928 Burgas, Bulgaria |
| Died | 10 April 2013 (aged 84) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Alma mater | Yerevan Art and Theater Institute |
| Employer | Sundukyan State Academic Theatre |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity |
Hripsime Srapyan (Armenian: Հռիփսիմե Սրապյան, Persian: هریپسیمه سراپیان, 28 December 1928 – 10 April 2013) was an Armenian actress, linguist and pedagogue. She specialised in the Italian language and was appointed to the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity in recognition of her work.
Biography
Srapyan was born on 28 December 1928 in Burgas, Bulgaria,[1] to an Armenian family. Her parents were Karapet Srapyan and Manik Srapyan.[2] She studied at an Italian school in Bulgaria and moved to Armenia with her family in 1948.[3]
Srapyan studied at the Yerevan Art and Theater Institute [hy] and worked as an actress at Sundukyan State Academic Theatre after graduation.
Srapyan married actor Mamikon Manukyan [hy] and they had 2 children together.
Srapyan taught Italian at the Yerevan State Conservatory (now the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan) and at Yerevan State University. She also wrote eight textbooks on the Italian language.[3]
In 2002, Srapyan was made an honorary citizen of Italy and was appointed to the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity for her "contributions to teaching of Italian in Armenia and dissemination of Italian culture."[3]
Srapyan died on 10 April 2013 in Yerevan, Armenia, aged 84.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Armenesti 28 decembrie 2024". Veteranul1 (in Romanian). 28 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ a b Ambartzumyan, V. A., ed. (1974). Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան [Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "Armenian Professor of Italian Awarded Italian Medal". Armenpress. 3 March 2003. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.