Simon Simonian
Simon Simonian (Template:Lang-hy, 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.[1][2] In 1921 his family emigrated to Aleppo. From 1930 to 1935 Simonian studied at the Antelias seminary.[3] 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)
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
- ^ S. Simonyan, Anjamandros, Yerevan. 1998. p. 535
