Simon Simonian (March 11, 1914, Ayntab - March 11, 1986, Beirut

Beirut

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) was an Armenia

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n intellectual, writer, public activist and teacher, founder of the Spurk Journal

Spurk Journal

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Simonian was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide

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. In 1921 his family emigrated to Aleppo

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. Simonian studied in Antelias

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. He headed the main archive of the Holy See of Cilicia, Lebanon

Lebanon

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. He was an author of many Armenian teachbooks on history and language, director of "Sevan" publishing house.

He was called "the tempest of the Armenian spirit" by his student Meguerditch L. Bouldoukian.

Books

• Կը խնդրուի խաչաձեւել, 1965
• Խմբապետ Ասլանին աղջիկը, 1967
• Լեռնականներու վերջալոյսը, 1968
• Սիփանայ քաջեր, 1967-70
• Լեռ եւ ճակատագիր, 1972
• Անժամանդրոս, 1978

Classbooks

• Simonian, Simon. Aragats: Dasagirk Hayeren lezvi, A. dari (Beirut: Tp. Sevan, 1960), with O. Sargisian
• Simonian, Simon. Arevelahay grakanutyun: Entir ejer, kensagrutyunner, gortsere, bararan, matenagitutyun [Eastern Armenian Literature: Select Pages, Biographies, Texts, Dictionary and Bibliography] (Beirut: Sevan Tparan, 1965).
• Hayots Badmoutioun - Ayp yev Pen hador, Simon Simonian, Hamazkayin Publishing House