Dariush Shayegan
Iranian thinker, writer, cultural theorist and comparative philosopher (1935-2018)
Dariush Shayegan (Persian: داریوش شایگان; 2 February 1935 – 22 March 2018) was an Iranian philosopher and cultural theorist. He wrote a novel "Land of Mirage" in French which won the ADELF award presented by the Association of French Authors on December 26, 2004.[2]
داریوش شایگان Dariush Shayegan | |
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 Shaygan in 2013 | |
| Born | 2 February 1935 |
| Died | 22 March 2018 (aged 83) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher and former University Professor |
Shayegan, who studied with Henry Corbin in Paris, also has many pioneering works on Persian mysticism and mystic poetry. He was a founding director of the Iranian Center for the Studies of Civilizations.
In 2009 Shayegan was awarded the inaugural Global Dialogue Prize.[3]
Shayegan died on 22 March 2018, at the age of 83 in Tehran of a stroke.[4]
References change
- ↑ Jahanbegloo, Ramin (2021). "Shayegan, Dariush". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
- ↑ Tavakoli-Targhi, Mohamad (2000). "MEHRZAD BOROUJERDI, Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1996). Pp 256. -". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 32 (4): 565–571. doi:10.1017/S0020743800002853. S2CID 163126695 – via Cambridge Core.
- ↑ "www.globaldialogueprize.org". www.globaldialogueprize.org.
- ↑ "داریوش شایگان درگذشت". Mehr News Agency (in Persian). March 22, 2018. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Other websites change
- Letters to future generations, original texts selected and compiled by Federico Mayor in collaboration with Roger-Pol Droit, Cultures of Peace/UNESCO Publishing, 1999 ISBN 92-3-103641-6.
- The next chapter
- Simon F. O'Li (Oliai), The next chapter. Atypical conversations with Daryush * Shayegan on the impact of ideology in contemporary Iranian history, The Iranian, October 27, 2003.
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