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Simon Simonian
Armenian writer

Simon Simonian

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Armenian writer
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Place of birth
Gaziantep, Gaziantep Province, Turkey
Place of death
Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
Age
72 years
Simon Simonian
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Biography

Simon Simonian (Armenian: Սիմոն Սիմոնեան, 24 March [O.S. 11 March] 1914, Ayntab - March 11, 1986, Beirut) was an Armenian intellectual who founded the literary and social Armenian periodical Spurk (Սփիւռք in Armenian).

Biography

Simonian, the elder son of Ove from Sasun and Manush from Ayntab, was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. In 1921 his family emigrated to Aleppo. From 1930 to 1935 Simonian studied at the Antelias seminary. He headed the main archive of the Holy See of Cilicia, Lebanon. He authored many short stories and novels, as well as many textbooks on history and language. He was also the director of "Sevan" publishing house, where he printed about 600 books. In 1954 he visited Soviet Armenia, where he met the poet Silva Kaputikyan.

From 1936 he was the president of the Sasun Compatriotic Union.

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. Արագած. դասագիրք հայերէն լեզուի, Ա. տարի (Beirut: Sevan, 1960), with Onnig Sarkisian
  • Simonian, Simon. Արեւելահայ գրականութիւն. ընտիր էջեր, կենսագրութիւններ, գործերը, բառարան, մատենագիտութիւն [Eastern Armenian Literature: Select Pages, Biographies, Texts, Dictionary and Bibliography] (Beirut: Sevan, 1965).
  • Simonian, Simon. Հայոց պատմութիւն, Ա. եւ Բ. հատոր (Hamazkayin Publishing House)
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