Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak Explained

Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
Native Name:Persian: {{nq|احمد کریمی حکاک
Nationality:Iranian
Occupation:Professor
Known For:Persian Literature, Iranian studies

Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (Persian: احمد کریمی حکاک, born February 1944 in Mashhad, Iran) is a Persian literary figure[1] and Iranologist.

Life

Education

Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak holds a BA in English Literature and a Teacher's Certificate from the University of Tehran and Military University, Tehran, respectively. He got a Masters's in English Literature from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a PhD in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University.

Career

Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak was a professor of near eastern languages and civilizations at the University of Washington for nineteen years. He is currently a professor and founding director of the Roshan Center for Persian Studies[2] in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures[3] at the University of Maryland, College Park.[4]

Karimi-Hakkak has written nineteen books and over one hundred major scholarly articles.[5] He has contributed articles on Iran and Persian literature to many reference works, including Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Iranica, and The Encyclopedia of Translation Studies.[6] A specialist in modern Persian literature, his works have been translated into French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Arabic, Japanese, and Persian. He has served as president of the Association for Iranian Studies (formerly, International Society for Iranian Studies) and other professional academic organizations.[7]

Karimi-Hakkak's was awarded the Yarshater lectureship for the year 2003 for contributions to Iranian Studies. Karimi-Hakkak was also invited by the Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies-Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi as visiting professor in 2011.

Works and Publications

. An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry . Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak . 1978 . 978-0-891-58181-9 . 203 . 2023-01-13.

. Recasting Persian Poetry: Scenarios of Poetic Modernity in Iran . Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak . 1995 . 978-0-874-80492-8 . 335 . 2023-01-13.

. Persian Tutor . Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak . 978-0-976-84561-4 . 2023-04-17.

. Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature . Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak . 2013 . 2023-04-17.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ahmad Shamlu, 74, port and Iranian traitor who has given in to the bribes of the Islamic Republic . Pace. Eric. 29 July 2000. The New York Times. 11. 21 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Persian at Maryland - Roshan Center for Persian Studies . Persian.umd.edu . 2012-08-03.
  3. Web site: School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland . Languages.umd.edu . 2012-08-03.
  4. Web site: Dr. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak: "From Medieval Rhetoric to Modern Literary Criticism in Iran" . Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Berkeley.
  5. Web site: Persian Faculty and Staff . sllc.umd.edu . 2020-07-06.
  6. Web site: ARHU Insights with Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak . University of Maryland.
  7. Langroodi . Shams . 2010 . Look how they have watered the trees... . Atlanta Review . Poetry Atlanta, Inc. . 1073-9696 .

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