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Mohammad Reza Ghanoonparvar
Mohammad Reza Ghanoonparvar () is a Professor Emeritus of Persian and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas, Austin, whose expertise includes the works of Simin Daneshvar, Sadeq Chubak, and Sadeq Hedayat. Background Mohammad Reza Ghanoonparvar grew up in Isfahan, Iran. In 1966, he received a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Isfahan. Later that year, he received a German Language Proficiency Certificate from the Goethe Institute in Germany and then studied English Literature and Sociology at the University of Heidelberg through 1967. Coming to the USA later that year, he studied Foreign Language Teaching at Saint Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont. He went on to English Literature and Linguistics at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas through 1970. In 1972, he earned an MA in English Literature from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In 1979, he earned a PhD in Comparative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Eastern Studies
Middle Eastern studies, sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies, West Asian Studies or South Western Asian studies, is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is generally interpreted to cover a range of nations including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. It is considered a form of area studies, taking an overtly interdisciplinary approach to the study of a region. In this sense Middle Eastern studies is a far broader and less traditional field than classical Islamic studies. The subject was historically regarded as part of Oriental studies, which also included East Asian studies and Egyptology and other specialisms in the ancient civilizations of the region; the growth of the field of study in the West is treated at that article. Many academic faculties still cover both areas. Althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Hall 2014
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahram Beyzai
Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, Beyzāee, ; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and '' ostād'' ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies. Beyzaie is the son of the poet Ne'matallah Beyzai (best known by his literary pseudonym "Zokā'i"). The celebrated poet Adib Beyzai, one of the most profound poets of 20th-century Iran, is Bahram's paternal uncle. Bahram Beyzaie's paternal grandfather, Mirzā Mohammad-Rezā Ārāni ("Ebn Ruh"), and paternal great-grandfather, the Mulla Mohammad-Faqih Ārāni ("Ruh'ol-Amin"), were also notable poets. Despite his belated start in cinema, Beyzai is often considered a pioneer of a generation of filmmakers whose works are sometimes described as the Iranian New Wave. His '' Bashu, the Little Stranger'' (1986) was voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November 1999 by a Persian movie magazine ''Picture World'' poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoirs Of The Actor In A Supporting Role
''Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting Role'' () is a 1982 play by Bahram Beyzai. Plot The play recounts the urban adventures of two male villagers (named Mowhebat and Zolfaqar) in Tehran during the earlier stages of street demonstrations in the 1979 revolution. Driven by drought and indigence, the two arrive in the large city in the latter months of the shah's rule in order to seek employment. They end up as hirelings in large crowds of mercenary vagabonds demonstrating against revolutionaries. Each day they dress up as workers, party members, students, parents of demonstrating students protesting against their own rebellious children, etc. Their unwittingly reactionary occupation in troubled times adds up to catastrophic consequences. Text The play was written in 1982 and first published in the spring of 1983 by Damavand Publishing House; which has been its only licensed publication in Persian. In 2010 it was published in the United States in Mohammad Reza Ghanoonparvar's En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nima Yushij
Nima Yooshij or Nimā Yushij (; 11 November 1895 – 6 January 1960), also called Nimā (), born Ali Esfandiari (), was a prominent Iranian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he popularised, called ''she'r-e now'' (, lit. "new poetry"), also known as ''She'r-e Nimaa'i'' (, lit "Nima poetry") in his honour after his death. He is considered the father of modern Persian poetry. He died of pneumonia in Shemiran, northern Tehran. Following his will, he was buried in his native village of Yush, Nur County, Mazandaran. Early life He was the eldest son of Ibrahim Nuri of Yush (a village in Baladeh, Nur County, Mazandaran province). He was a Tabarian, but also had Georgian roots on his maternal side. He grew up in Yush, mostly helping his father with the farm and taking care of the cattle. As a boy, he visited many local summer and winter camps and mingled with shepherds and itinerant workers. Images of life around the campfire, especially those emerging from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Reza Bayrami
Mohammadreza Bayrami (, born 1961 in Ardabil) – is an Iranian Azerbaijani writer of Persian literature whose main forms of writing are the Dastan and the novel. He won ''Badge Golden Safavid'' in Iran for promoting Persian Language and Literature. Early life In 1965, Bayrami was born near the Sabalan mountain in Ardabil, Azerbaijan province, Iran, and emigrated with his parents to Tehran & Karaj Karaj (; ) is a List of cities in Iran by province, city in the Central District (Karaj County), Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Earl ... in 1962, where he is currently living. In 1987, he became a conscript soldier for the Iranian army and served his country in the war with Iraq. Influenced by * Samad Behrangi * Ali Ashraf Darvishian Works *''The Mountain Called Me'' *''Hello Stone'' *''The Tales of Sabalan'' *''Djalal reitet um sein Leben'' *''The Edge of the Cliff' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savushun
''Savušun'' (also spelled ''Savushun'', ) is a 1969 Persian novel by Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar. It is the first novel in Persian written by a female author. The story is about the life of a landowning family in Shiraz faced to the occupation of Iran during World War II. ''Savušun'' has sold over five hundred thousand copies in Iran. ''Savušun'' is "groundbreaking" and highly acclaimed work in contemporary Persian literature, with both literary and popular success within and outside Iran. The novel has been translated to English and 16 other languages. When writing about the novel's importance, critic Kaveh Bissari describing an exact translation by M.R. Ghanoonparvar in 1990 and the version ''A Persian Requiem'' by Roxane Zand in 1991. Daneshvar uses folklore and myth in ''Savušun.'' Linguistically, ''savušun'' is a corruption of '' Siyâvašun'', which refers to the traditional mourning for Siyâvaš, a hero in the ''Šâhnâme''. Adaptations Simin Daneshvar was pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaafar Modarres-Sadeghi
Jaafar Modarres-Sadeghi (; born May 19, 1954) is an Iranian novelist and editor. Life Modarres-Sadeghi was born in Isfahan and moved to Tehran in 1972. While he was studying in the College of Literature and Foreign Languages in Tehran, he began to work as a journalist in a few dailies and literary magazines, writing reports, reviews and weekly columns. His first short story appeared in a literary monthly, ''Roudaki'', in 1973. His first collection of stories, ''Children Don't Play Anymore'', was published in 1977. His first novel, ''A Play'', was published in 1980. The publication of this first novel coincided with the outbreak of Iran–Iraq War and was neglected by audience and critics. Modarres-Sadeghi's second novel, '' Gavkhooni (The River's End''), published in 1983, was acclaimed as an avant-garde literary masterpiece a few years after its publication. It was translated into English in 1996, and was awarded a prize as one of the best novels of post-revolution era in 1998. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopaedia Iranica
An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries that are arranged alphabetically by article name or by thematic categories, or else are hyperlinked and searchable. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries. Generally speaking, encyclopedia articles focus on ''factual information'' concerning the subject named in the article's title; this is unlike dictionary entries, which focus on linguistic information about words, such as their etymology, meaning, pronunciation, use, and grammatical forms.Béjoint, Henri (2000)''Modern Lexicography'', pp. 30–31. Oxford University Press. Encyclopedias have existed for around 2,000 years and have evolved considerably during that time as regards language (written in a major international or a vernacular language), size (few or many volumes), intent ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockefeller Fellow
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The foundation was created by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller ("Senior") and son " Junior", and their primary business advisor, Frederick Taylor Gates, on May 14, 1913, when its charter was granted by New York. It is the second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America (after the Carnegie Corporation) and ranks as the 30th largest foundation globally by endowment, with assets of over $6.3 billion in 2022. The Rockefeller Foundation is legally independent from other Rockefeller entities, including the Rockefeller University and Rockefeller Center, and operates under the oversight of its own independent board of trustees, with its own resources and distinct mission. Since its inception, the foundation has donated billions of dollars to various causes, becoming the largest philanthropic enterprise i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Shamlu
Ahmad Shamlou (, ''Ahmad Šāmlū'' , also known under his pen name A. Bamdad ()) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. His initial poetry was influenced by and in the tradition of Nima Youshij. In fact, Abdolali Dastgheib, Iranian literary critic, argues that Shamlou is one of the pioneers of modern Persian poetry and has had the greatest influence, after Nima, on Iranian poets of his era. Shamlou's poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is accessible. As the base, he uses the traditional imagery familiar to his Iranian audience through the works of Persian masters like Hafez and Omar Khayyám. For infrastructure and impact, he uses a kind of everyday imagery in which personified oxymoronic elements are spiked with an unreal combination of the abstract and the concrete thus far unprecedented in Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association For Iranian Studies
The Association for Iranian Studies (AIS) (), formerly the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), is a private, non-profit academic organization founded in 1967 in the United States, though it now counts upwards of 1,000 members around the world. The current president is Naghmeh Sohrabi, Brandeis University. The AIS publishes a quarterly journal, ''Iranian Studies''." Its editor is Sussan Siavoshi, from Trinity University. AIS is affiliated member of the international Middle East Studies Association (MESA). History Association for Iranian Studies, Inc. (AIS), formerly The International Society for Iranian Studies, Inc. – previously The Society for Iranian Studies – was founded in 1967 as an academic society to support and promote the field of Iranian studies at the international level. Under its original name, the Society was incorporated in 1973 as a Type B Corporation under Section 201 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of the State of New York. Organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
