Simon Simonian
Simon (Ovei vordi) Simonian (March 11, 1914, Ayntab - March 11, 1986, Beirut) was an Armenian intellectual, writer, public activist and teacher, founder of the Spurk Journal.
Simonian was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide.[1][2] In 1921 his family emigrated to Aleppo. Simonian studied in Antelias. He headed the main archive of the Holy See of Cilicia, Lebanon. 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.[3]
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
References
- Toros Toranian, Anmoranali anun - Simon Simonian // Veradznvadz Hayastan, # 6, 1989, p. 56
- Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century, by Leonard S. Klein, Steven Serafin, Walter D. Glanze - 1993, p. 121
- ^ (Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria: ethno-cultural diversity and the state in the aftermath of a refugee crisis, by Nicola Migliorino, 2008, p. 66
- ^ Survivors: An Oral History Of The Armenian Genocide, by Donald E. Miller, Lorna Touryan Miller, University of California Press, 1999, p. 167
- ^ Hovaguimian-Manougian Secondary School for Boys in Beirut, Commemoration of the 50th anniversary, 1997
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March 11, 1914 |
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March 11, 1986 |
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