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PM honors poetry icon Silva Kaputikyan’s 100th anniversary of birth

armenpress.am01/20th/2019, 8:12

PM honors poetry icon Silva Kaputikyan’s 100th anniversary of birth

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has congratulated fans and readers of poet Silva Kaputikyan (1919-2006) on the great Armenian writer’s 100th anniversary of birth.

“The 100th anniversary of birth of renowned Armenian poet Silva Kaputkiyan is a wonderful occasion to commemorate, appreciate the great Armenian intellectual, as well as to voice words of gratitude and homage to her,” Pashinyan said in a message released through his office.

“At only 20 years of age, she became the subject of attention and admiration of many literary critics with her glorious literary debut, while at 24, she already gained national recognition and acceptance with her Ode To My Son poem. This commandment-poem to some extent became a flag and motto of patriotism and [preservation of Armenian identity] both in the Motherland and the Diaspora. She took up the hard task of the protection of rights of Artsakh since 1959, clearly realizing that the path to freedom will be b...

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