Education
She was educated at Üsküdar Djemaran in Constantinople where she graduated in 1879.
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She was educated at Üsküdar Djemaran in Constantinople where she graduated in 1879.
She died on June 19, 1934. She was a famous ethnic Armenian poet, writer, publisher, educator and philanthropist. She was one of the founders of the Society of Nation-Dedicated Armenian Women (Ազգանուէր հայուհեաց ընկերութիւն), an organization that supported the construction, maintenance, and operation of Armenian girl schools throughout the Armenian populated districts of the Ottoman Empire.
She taught in the provinces and then in Constantinople.
Sibil also wrote general articles about education and pedagogy, as well as poems for children. Writer and political figure Krikor Zohrab, Hrant Asadour, together with Sibil collectively re-established the literary publication Massis, where Sibil wrote portraits of many renowned Western Armenian literary figures.
The articles were collected in 1921 in a joint book which Hrant Asadour entitled Profiles (Դիմաստուերներ). Sibil was best known for her literary works.
In the 1880s she published her poems in Massis and Hairenik.
In 1891, she published her novel The Heart of a Girl (Աղջկան մը սիրտը) and a collection of poems, Reflections (Ցոլքեր), in 1902, mostly romantic and patriotic poems. She also wrote short stories, particularly about women. She also wrote for theater and one of her most famous works is the play The Bride (Հարսը).
