Spurk

Spurk (in Armenian Սփիւռք pronounced Spiurk meaning diaspora) is an Armenian literary and public weekly, periodical, or journal, published since 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon.

==1958-1989: Literary and general periodical== 1958-1974 - 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. 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. 1975-1989 - Kevork Ajemian In 1975, 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.