Manaryan was born in Arak, Iran in 1924 in a family from Agulis, Nakhichevan. [1 ] In 1946 his family repatriated to Soviet Armenia along with thousands of other Iranian Armenians. [2 ] He was an atheist. [3 ]
Arman Manaryan (Armenian: Արման Մանարյան; December 15, 1929 – February 16, 2016) was an Iranian-born Armenian film director. [1 ] [2 ] He was the brother of actor Yervand Manaryan.
Yervand (Armenian: Երվանդ) and in some transliterations Ervand (in Western Armenian Yervant), is an Armenian given name. The Hellenic equivalent is Orontes.