About Sipan Shiraz
Lived 1967 – 1997 (aged 29). Sipan Shiraz was a Russian and Armenian painter, poet, writer and sculptor.
Sipan Shiraz (; June 25, 1967 – April 15, 1997) was an Armenian poet, sculptor and painter.
Biography Born Sipan Hovhannesi Karapetyan, he was the son of Armenian poet Hovhannes Shiraz and his second wife, Shushanik. He studied sculpting at Panos Terlemezyan State Art College and Yerevan State Art Institute. Shiraz was an author of poetry books and memoirs about his father. He was a member of the Writers Union of Armenia and also worked at Yerevan radio. According to poet Artashes Ghazaryan, "Sipan lived as a meteor".
During his short life he published 7 books of poems. He is buried at Yerevan Central Cemetery’s Pantheon.
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Who was Sipan Shiraz?
Armenian poet (1967-1997)
When was Sipan Shiraz born?
Sipan Shiraz was born on 25 June 1967 in Yerevan.
When did Sipan Shiraz die?
Sipan Shiraz died on 15 April 1997 in Yerevan.
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Sipan Shiraz was a painter, poet, writer and sculptor.
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Sipan Shiraz was Russian and Armenian.
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