Sipan Shiraz

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Sipan Shiraz

Born	1967 Yerevan, Armenia
Died	1997 (aged 29) Yerevan, Armenia
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Armenian
Genres	Lyric poetry

Sipan Shiraz (Armenian: Սիփան Շիրազ) (1967, Yerevan - June 25, 1997, Yerevan) was an Armenian poet, sculptor and painter.

Biography

He was the son of Armenian poet Hovhannes Shiraz and his second wife, Shushanik. He studied at Yerevan Art Institute. Shiraz was an author of poetry books and memoirs about his father. A member of the Writers Union of Armenia, he also worked at Yerevan radio. According to poet Artashes Ghazaryan, "Sipan lived as a meteor".^[1]

During his short life he published 7 books of poems. He is buried at Yerevan Central Cemetery’s Pantheon.^[2]

Bibliography

Mahamerdz tari, Yerevan, 1992, 149 p., ISBN 5-550-00815-7
Hayrik, Yerevan, 1993, 103 p.
Selected poems, 2008, 272 p.

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Persondata
Name	Shiraz, Sipan
Alternative names
Short description	Armenian poet
Date of birth	1967
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Date of death	June 25, 1997
Place of death	Yerevan, Armenia

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