Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin
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Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin | |
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| Born | Jacques Duchesne April 21, 1910 Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium |
| Died | February 8, 2012 (aged 101) Lièges, Belgium |
| Resting place | Cimetière de Robermont, Liège |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | University 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 work | Zoroastre (1948) La Religion de l’Iran Ancien (1962) |
| Spouse | Marcelle Duchesne-Guillemin |
| Awards | Prix 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Winand, Jean (May 2011). "Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin". Le 15e Jour du Mois. 204. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b Lecoq, Pierre (2017). "DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, JACQUES". Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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