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Silva Kaputikyan

1919 - 2006

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Silva Kaputikyan is the 2,373rd most popular writer (down from 2,245th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Armenia (down from 30th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Armenian Writer.

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Among writers, Silva Kaputikyan ranks 2,373 out of 7,302. Before her are Fritz Gerlich, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Ana Blandiana, Henri Meilhac, Sister Nivedita, and Asadi Tusi. After her are Annie Proulx, Alexandre Exquemelin, Michel de Ghelderode, Xenophon of Ephesus, Heinrich Glarean, and Petrus Comestor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Silva Kaputikyan ranks 113. Before her are J. Presper Eckert, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Hermann Gmeiner, Ginette Neveu, and Merce Cunningham. After her are John Ljunggren, Teruo Nakamura, Gérard Oury, Hennes Weisweiler, Isaac Boleslavsky, and Morteza Motahhari. Among people deceased in 2006, Silva Kaputikyan ranks 126. Before her are Marek Grechuta, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Jurij Brězan, Esther Lederberg, Alberto Spencer, and Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg. After her are Don Thompson, Malcolm Arnold, Yuval Ne'eman, Valentín Paniagua, Asima Chatterjee, and Igor Sergeyev.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Silva Kaputikyan ranks 31 out of 163. Before her are Arno Babajanian (1921), Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989), Nikol Pashinyan (1975), Andranik Margaryan (1949), and Albert Azaryan (1929). After her are Karen Demirchyan (1932), Ashot II of Armenia (849), Levon Aronian (1982), Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Vazgen Manukyan (1946), and Frunzik Mkrtchyan (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Armenia

Among writers born in Armenia, Silva Kaputikyan ranks 3. Before her are Khachatur Abovian (1805), and Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869). After her are Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Shushanik Kurghinian (1876), Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), Paruyr Sevak (1924), Axel Bakunts (1899), Hamo Sahyan (1914), Gevorg Emin (1919), Sarmad Kashani (1590), and Narine Abgaryan (1971).

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