Jaleh Amouzgar Explained

thumb|Amouzgar in Tehran, 2013Jaleh Amouzgar (Persian: ژاله آموزگار (born 4 December 1939) is an Iranologist and a university professor.

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]

Amouzgar, in collaboration with 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 been awarded the 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,

External links

• Biography of Jaleh Amouzgar
• Portrait of Jaleh Amouzgar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Le cinquième livre du denkard. fr. 2010-02-14. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170948/http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=7248. dead.
2. Web site: Center for Women's Studies - the University of Tehran . 2010-02-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100225114523/http://cws.ut.ac.ir/Publications/WomensResearch/Womensresearch.aspx . 2010-02-25 .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-02-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100217021107/http://www.cgie.org.ir/images/Contributions.pdf . 2010-02-17 .
4. Web site: Iranian linguist Jaleh Amuzegar awarded Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 4 July 2016.
5. Web site: ایرنا - جایزه سرو ایرانی در ایستگاه دوم به ژاله آموزگار اعطا می شود . www.irna.ir . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230834/http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/82367423/ . 2016-12-30.