Silva Kaputikyan
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| Born | Sirvard Barunaki Kaputikyan 20 January 1919 Yerevan, Democratic Republic of Armenia |
| Died | 25 August 2006 (aged 87) Yerevan, Republic of Armenia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Genres | Lyric poetry |
Sirvard Barunaki "Silva" Kaputikyan (Armenian: Սիլվա Կապուտիկյան) (20 January 1919, Yerevan, Democratic Republic of Armenia – 25 August 2006, Yerevan, Armenia) was a 20th-century prominent Armenian poet,[1] writer, academian and public activist.
Born to parents that were originally from Van, she lived in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, her entire life, and died there of a stroke, aged 87. Her works were translated by Bulat Okudjava, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Bella Akhmadulina, Desanka Maksimović and others.
She was awarded the "Renowned Master of Arts" Armenian SSR (1970) and "Renowned Worker of Arts" Georgian SSR (1980) official titles, State prizes of USSR (1952) and Armenian SSR (1988), "Nosside" Italian prize, orders of St. Mesrop Mashtots (Armenia) and "Knyaginia Olga" (Ukraine). She was a member of International PEN.[2]
In February 1988, during a reception in the Kremlin, Mikhail Gorbachev said that he and his wife, Raisa, greatly admired Kaputikyan's poetry.[3]
Kaputikyan appeared as herself in the 1992 documentary, Parajanov: The Last Spring, about Sergei Parajanov, a film-maker of Armenian descent who was persecuted by the Soviet authorities.
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Selected works[edit]
- With the days (1945)
- My intimates (1953)
- Candid conversation (1955)
- Bon Voyage (1957)
- Midway Reflections (1961)
- Seven Stations (1966)
- My Page (1968)
- Toward the Mountain's Depths (1972)
- Lilith (1981)
- Winter is coming (1983)
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References[edit]
- ^ P. Ramet, Sabrina. Religion and nationalism in Soviet and East European politics. Duke University Press. p. 189.
- ^ Persons.am
- ^ "A Test of Change Explodes in Soviet Union" by F. Barringer and B. Keller, The New York Times, March 11, 1988
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