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Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin

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Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin
Born
Jacques Duchesne

(1910-04-21)April 21, 1910
DiedFebruary 8, 2012(2012-02-08) (aged 101)
Lièges, Belgium
Resting placeCimetière de Robermont, Liège
Alma materCatholic University of Leuven
OccupationProfessor
EmployerUniversity of Liège
Organization(s)Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Association for the Advancement of Iranian Studies
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Notable workZoroastre (1948)
La Religion de l’Iran Ancien (1962)
SpouseMarcelle Duchesne-Guillemin
AwardsPrix de la langue française (1956)
Honorary doctorate from the University of Tehran (1974)

Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin (né Jacques Duchesne, born 21 April 1910 in Jupille and died 8 February 2012 in Liège) was a Belgian linguist, philologist, and orientalist who was professor at the University of Liège and specialized in ancient Iran. Duchesne-Guillemin began his teaching career with the untimely death of his collaborator and mentor at the University of Liège, Auguste Bricteux, in 1937, becoming a professor in 1943 and a full professor in 1964.[1]

With the publication of his Zoroaster (a translation of the Gāthās of the Avesta, consisting of seventeen hymns attributed to Zoroaster) in 1948, Duchesne-Guillemin became one of the major figures in the study of the Avestan language of ancient Iran.[1] At different times in his career, he lectured at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of California at Los Angeles.[2] His 1962 La Religion de l’Iran Ancien is still considered a masterpiece and the best scholarly introduction to Zoroastrianism despite the decades of subsequent developments in the scholarship of the religion.[2] His international reputation culminated in his appointment, in 1973, as editor of the series Acta Iranica.[1]

In 1974, Duchesne-Guillemin was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tehran.[1]

Publications

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  • Ormazd et Ahriman, l'aventure dualiste dans l'antiquité, PUF, 1953, 156 pp.
  • La Religion de l'Iran ancien, Paris, PUF, 1962, 411 pp.
  • Le Croissant fertile : la découverte de l'Asie antérieure, Paris, 1963.
  • "Islam et mazdéisme", in Mélanges Mass, 1963, pp. 105-109.
  • Zoroastre : étude critique, avec une traduction commentée des Gâthâ, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1976, 265 pp.
  • "Pour l'étude de Hafiz", in Acta Iranica, vol. XXI (1981), pp. 141-163.
  • Dictionnaire des religions, Paris, PUF (1984).
  • Les Instruments de Musique dans L'Art Sassanide. Leuven: Imprimerie Orientaliste, 1993, 130 pp.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Winand, Jean (May 2011). "Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin". Le 15e Jour du Mois. 204. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b Lecoq, Pierre (2017). "DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, JACQUES". Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 16 July 2017.