page_title: Silva Kaputikyan
section_title: Death and funeral
hierarchical_section_title: Silva Kaputikyan / Biography / Death and funeral
caption_attribution_description: English: Silva Kaputikyan's tombstone in Komitas Pantheon
context_page_description: Silva Kaputikyan; 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.
context_section_description: Kaputikyan died at a Yerevan hospital on 25 August 2006 during a surgery for a broken leg. Her wake was held at the Yerevan Opera Theater on 29 January, from where her coffin was taken to the prestigious Komitas Pantheon, where she was laid to rest. President Kocharyan attended neither her wake, nor her funeral.
caption: Kaputikyan's tombstone at the Komitas Pantheon.
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