Jaleh Amouzgar
Encyclopedia
Jaleh Amouzgar is a world-class Iranist and a university professor
Prof. Amouzgar in collaboration with Prof. Ahmad Tafazzoli
has contributed significantly to Ancient Iranian studies and the history of literature in ancient Iran.
She is also associated with the Encyclopædia Iranica
project at Columbia University
.
Life
Amouzgar holds a Ph. D. degree from Sorbonne University in Iranistics (Iranian linguistics). She is currently chairman of the department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages at Tehran University.Prof. Amouzgar in collaboration with Prof. Ahmad Tafazzoli
Ahmad Tafazzoli
Dr. Ahmad Tafazzoli was a prominent Persian Iranist and master of ancient Iranian literature and culture. Professor Tafazzoli was a faculty member of Tehran University....
has contributed significantly to Ancient Iranian studies and the history of literature in ancient Iran.
She is also associated with the Encyclopædia Iranica
Encyclopædia Iranica
Encyclopædia Iranica is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times...
project at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
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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 9782910640095