Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin

Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin (né Jacques Duchesne, born 21 April 1910 in Jupille and died 8 February 2012 in Liège) was a 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, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tehran.[1]

Publications

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

See also

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


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