Simon Simonian [SEP] place of death
Simon Simonian
Simon Simonian (, , Ayntab - March 11, 1986, Beirut) was an Armenian intellectual who founded the literary and social Armenian periodical "Spurk" (Սփիւռք in Armenian).
Biography.
In 1921 his family, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide found refuge in Aleppo, Syria. From 1930 to 1935 Simonian studied at the Antelias seminary. Returning to Aleppo, he taught Armenian language and history at the city's Haigazian and Gulbenkian schools until 1946. In that period he prepared his first textbooks
intellectual life in the region of Middle East throughout the 1950s, 1960s and beyond.
- 1975-1989 - Kevork Ajemian
In 1975, with the onset of the Lebanese Civil War, Kevork Ajemian took over the publication of the periodical from Simon Simonian, but kept the literary and artistic orientation and focus of the publication. Kevork Ajemian continued with the periodical until 1989.
1990: Organ of Armenian Popular Movement.
After Kevork Ajemian's decision to emigrate to France where he resided until his death, and from