About
Armenian poet known for Beginning of Spring, Biblian, and other works. Over the course of his career, he published close to forty volumes of lyric poetry.
Before Fame
His father was killed in the Armenian Genocide, and Shiraz was raised in poverty by his mother.
Trivia
He received his undergraduate education at Yerevan State University.
Family Life
He married poet Silva Kaputikyan, with whom he had a son. Later, he had seven children with his second wife Hasmik Shiraz.
Associated With
He studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.
