Silva Kaputikyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Silva Kaputikyan

Armenian poet, writer and political activist

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1919

Place of Birth: Yerevan, Armenia

Date of Death: 26-Aug-2006

Profession: writer, poet, activist

Nationality: Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Silva Kaputikyan (Armenian: ????? ???????????); 20 January 1919 – 25 August 2006) was an Armenian poet and political activist.
One of the best-known Armenian writers of the twentieth century, she is recognized as "the leading poetess of Armenia" and "the grand lady of twentieth century Armenian poetry".
Although a member of the Communist Party, she was a noted advocate of Armenian national causes.Her first collection of poems were published in the mid-1940s.
By the 1950s she had established herself as a significant literary figure in Soviet Armenia.
Besides Armenian she also wrote in Russian and many of her works were translated to other languages.
In the later Soviet period she frequently addressed political and other issues.