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Spurk (In Armenian Սփիւռք pronounced ''Spiurk'' meaning ''diaspora'') is an Armenian literary and public weekly, periodical, or journal, published since 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon. ==1958-1990: Literary and general periodical== ;1958-1975 - Simon Simonian First published in a tabloid size by the Armenian literary figure Simon Simonian as a weekly, and then as a biweekly (once every two weeks). Initially led by an independent line away from traditional Armenian political party lines, it was a prominent Armenian language publication with literary, historical, social and artistic coverage.〔Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 11, 1985 - ''Spurk''〕 ''Spurk'' also had a large network of readers and authors from different countries (among them authors from the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic like Hovhannes Shiraz, Silva Kaputikyan, Kevork Gubelyan etc.) in addition to a large number of writers and poets from the Armenian diaspora. Among with a few other Armenian journals like ''Nayiri'', ''Pakin'', ''Shirak'' etc., ''Spurk'' became the focus of Armenian literary and intellectual life in the region of Middle East throughout the 1950s, 1960s and beyond.〔(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. 123〕〔(Armenian Diaspora.com: Սփիւռք պարբերաթերթ (Լիբանանի հայ մամուլի շարքից) ) (in Armenian)〕 ;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.〔 Upon death of Kevork Ajemian, it was revealed he was one of the founding members of ASALA alongside Hagop Hagopian (real name Harutiun Tagushian) and pastor Rev. James Karnusian. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spurk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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