Facts: - death place: lyon , france - caption: '' ' '' ' - notableworks: '' ruling over the ruins '' a speech for the road '' , '' - influences: simon simonian - death date: 27 december 1998 - genre: realist - birth date: 23 may 1932 - name: kevork ajemian - image: kevork_ajemian 's _ photo.jpg - birth place: manbij , syria - occupation: novelist , writer , journalist and public activist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kevork ajemian .
kevork vartani ajemian -lrb- '' adjemian '' -rrb- -lrb- may 23 , 1932 - december 27 , 1998 -rrb- was a prominent ethnic armenian writer , journalist , novelist , theorist and public activist , and long-time publisher of the beirut-based literary , artistic and general publication '' spurk '' .ajemian , alongside hagop hagopian -lrb- real name harutiun tagushian -rrb- and pastor james karnusian was a co-founder of the armenian secret army for the liberation of armenia -lrb- asala -rrb- military organization .