Hasan Amid (; 1910–1979) was an

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. It is divided into two separate academic disciplines: * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionary, dictionaries. * The ...

, writer, and journalist.

Life and activities

Hasan Amid was born in 1910 in

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

Khorasan province Khorasan ( ; also transcribed as Khurasan, Xorasan and Khorassan), also called Traxiane during Hellenistic and Parthian Empire, Parthian times, was a Provinces of Iran, province in northeastern Iran until September 2004, when it was divided in ...

of Iran. He completed his education in Mashhad, and became a member of ''Anjoman-e Adabi'' ("the Literary Community"). He started his career in journalism, writing, and lexicography in those years. Among his most important activities in Mashhad was being editor-in-chief of ''Khorasan'' yearbook and ''Tus'' newspaper. During the

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia, was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941. The two powers announced that they w ...

, when the Soviet forces captured Mashhad, Amid was exiled to Tehran. Hasan Amid spent decades of his life on research centering on dictionaries and lexicography. He wrote multiple Persian dictionaries in these years, the most notable being Amid dictionary ( ''Farrhang-e Amid''). He died on 10 September 1979.

Works

* Amid dictionary * Farhang-e No (1929) * Farhang-e Koochak-e Amid * Farhang-e Mofasal-e Amid * Farhang-e Bargozide-ye Amid * Farhang-e Jibi-ye Amid * Farhang-e Dabirestani-ye Amid * Farhang-e Tarikh va Joghrafia-ye Amid * Gross Errors in Persian Dictionaries * Nikookaran (1936) * Khorasan Yearbook * On the Ruins of Persepolis (1931) * Magnetism Mysteries * Tebb-e Jadid *

References

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