# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhirayr-ananyan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:01:58.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhirayr-ananyan"
name: "Zhirayr Ananyan"
slug: "zhirayr-ananyan"
description: "Zhirayr Hrayri Ananyan (Ter-Ananyan) was an Armenian playwright. He is the author of the comedy play Taxi, Taxi (1973), one of the most popular plays in Armenia since it was written. During one season it was staged in Soviet theatres more than 100 times."
tagline: "Armenian playwright"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Jirayr_Ananyan%27s_Plaque.jpg/330px-Jirayr_Ananyan%27s_Plaque.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-07-14"
deathDate: "2004-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.51
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.600936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhirayr_Ananyan"
    title: "Zhirayr Ananyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ژیرایر آنانیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%80_%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ժիրայր Անանյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%80_%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ժիրայր Անանեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ананян, Жирайр Грайрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8070849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump