Eric Linn Ormsby (born 1941 in
Atlanta
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, Georgia) is deputy head of academic research and publications at the
Institute of Ismaili Studies
The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) is a research institute in London, United Kingdom. It aims to promote the study of Muslim cultures and societies, both historical and contemporary, in order to foster a greater understanding of their relatio ...
in London. He was formerly a professor at
McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies The McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies and the Islamic Studies Library were established in 1952 by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, and since 1983 both have been housed in Morrice Hall on McGill University, McGill's campus in downtown Montreal, Q ...
, where he also served as director. He has published widely on Islamic thought, including ''Theodicy in Islamic Thought'' (1984).
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Ormsby has had six collections of poetry published, including ''Bavarian Shrine and Other Poems'' (1990), which won a Quebec prize for the best poetry of that year. His poems have been published in '']The New Yorker
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'' and ''The Paris Review
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'', and have been anthologized in The Norton Anthology of Poetry.
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*''West-Eastern Divan: Complete, annotated new translation, including Goethe’s ‘Notes and Essays’ & the unpublished poems'', translated by Eric Ormsby, 2019. Gingko
External links
"Eric Ormsby"
''The New Yorker''.
"Eric Ormsby — Archive"
''The New York Sun''.
"Eric Ormsby"
QWF literary database of Quebec English-language authors.
Interview in McGill Reporter
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1941 births
American male poets
American non-fiction writers
Academic staff of McGill University
Living people
American male non-fiction writers