resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place years_active awards image_size nationality notableworks name birth_date language spouse genre image article_title birth_name
komitas pantheon , yerevan 25 august 2006 yerevan , republic of armenia ara shiraz yerevan , republic of armenia 1933 -- 2006 ussr state prize mesrop mashtots medal 200px armenian `` to my son '' -rrb- Խոսք իմ որդուն '' -lrb- `` a word silva kaputikyan 20 january 1919 eastern armenian , russian hovhannes shiraz lyric poetry silva kaputikyan.png silva kaputikyan
 sirvard kaputikyan
silva kaputikyan

silva kaputikyan -lrb- ; 20 january 1919 -- 25 august 2006 -rrb- 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 '' .
although a member of the communist party , she was a noted advocate of armenian nationalist 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 .
