Silva Kaputikyan

✶January 20, 1919

†August 25, 2006

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Silva Kaputikyan 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.

Armenian poet, writer and political activist (1919–2006)

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