Silva Kaputikyan

Armenian Author

Silva Kaputikyan

Սիլվա Կապուտիկյան

1919–2006

Major twentieth-century Armenian poet whose lyrical and civic writing explored love, language, homeland, and diaspora identity.
Poetry Love Armenian language National identity Diaspora Civic writing

About Silva Kaputikyan

Silva Kaputikyan (1919–2006) was an Armenian poet, writer, and public intellectual born and raised in Yerevan. She studied Armenian philology at Yerevan State University and began publishing poetry while still young.

Her work ranges from intimate love poetry to widely known poems about Armenian language and national identity. Travels through diaspora communities also shaped her prose and strengthened her role as a cultural bridge between Armenia and Armenians abroad.

Books by Silva Kaputikyan