1. Kevork Vartani Ajemian was a prominent Syrian-Armenian writer, journalist, novelist, theorist and public activist, and long-time publisher of the Beirut-based literary, artistic and general publication Spurk.
11 Facts About Kevork Ajemian
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Kevork Ajemian was born in Manbij, near Aleppo, Syria, into a family of survivors of the Armenian genocide, originally from Sasun.
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Kevork Ajemian studied in Aleppo, then in 1952 he moved to Beirut.
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Kevork Ajemian graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1958.
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Kevork Ajemian taught Armenian and English language and literature in some Armenian schools of Beirut and Cyprus for a few years.
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Kevork Ajemian was the editor of The Daily Star in Beirut, contributed to Shirak and Graser Armenian literary magazines.
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Kevork Ajemian "has been acclaimed as a powerful intellectual voice in Armenian freedom movements as his works express the longing, rootlessness, and despair of diasporan peoples everywhere".
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Kevork Ajemian's Ruling over the Ruins novel is a love story of a bright young Irish journalist and an aging Armenian lawyer marooned together in war-ravaged Beirut.
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Kevork Ajemian was one of the founders of ASALA and developed the policy of the organization.
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In 1979 Kevork Ajemian took part in the First Armenian Congress Organizing Committee.
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In 1999, a collection of the best journalistic works of Kevork Ajemian was published by ASALA.