Sipan Shiraz

• Name — Sipan Shiraz • Born — June 25, 1967 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Armenia • Died — April 15, 1997 (aged 29) • Place of death — Yerevan, Armenia • Occupation — Poet • Genre — Lyric poetry

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

Sipan Shiraz was recorded at birth as Սիփան Հովհաննեսի Կարապետյան. The authorities additionally record the headings Sipan Hovhannesi Shiraz and Shiraz, Sipan Hovhannesi. His recorded language was Armenian. He was the child of Hovhannes Shiraz.

Sipan Shiraz is recorded as painter, poet, writer and sculptor.