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Amouzgar in Tehran, 2013
Jaleh Amouzgar (Persian: ژاله آموزگار, born 4 December 1939 in Khoy, West Azerbaijan) is an Iranologist and a university professor.
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From left to right: Ali Mohammadi, Jaleh Amouzgar, and Omid Tabibzadeh, 2014
Life
Amouzgar holds a Ph.D. from Sorbonne University in Iranistics (Iranian linguistics).[1] She is currently chairman of the department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages at the Tehran University.[2]
Prof. Amouzgar, in collaboration with Prof. Ahmad Tafazzoli, has contributed significantly to Ancient Iranian studies and the history of literature in ancient Iran.
She has also associated with the Encyclopædia Iranica project at Columbia University.[3]
She has won numerous awards including Chevalier of the Legion of Honor[4] and Persian Cypress Award (an Iranian Cultural Heritage Prize) in 2016.[5]
Works
- Zoroastrian myth of life
- Pahlavi language, literature and instructions
- Mythological history of Iran
- The first samples and the first man on legendary Iranian Shahriyar (translation)
- Le Cinquieme Livre Du Denkard, Ahmad Tafazzuli (Translator), Peeters, 2001-01-01, ISBN 978-2-910640-09-5
See also
- Iranistics
- Persian culture
- List of famous Persian women
References
- ^ "Le cinquième livre du denkard" (in French).
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/404004/Iranian-linguist-Jaleh-Amuzegar-awarded-Chevalier-of-the-Legion
- ^ http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/82367423/
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