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Nasrollah Pourjavady

b. 1943

Iranian philosopher, translator and essayist

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Born 1943. Nasrollah Pourjavady is an Iranian philosopher, translator, essayist and university teacher.

Nasrollah Pourjavady (; born 1943) is an Iranian philosopher, Sufi scholar, and a professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran. He is the founder and former head of the Iran University Press and a permanent member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature.

Biography Pourjavady was born in Tehran, Iran. He received his master's degree and doctorate in philosophy from the University of Tehran. Pourjavady held academic positions at various institutions including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Colgate University, and the Gregorian University in Rome. He was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for Research Excellence in 2005.

Awards and honors Persian Literature Award (2004) Alexander von Humboldt Award (2005) Sai'di Sirjani Book Award (2008)

Works In English Kings of Love: The Poetry and History of the Ni'matullahi Sufi Order (1978) Sawānih: Inspirations from the World of Pure Spirits (1986) The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry with Peter Lamborn Wilson (1999) The Light of Sakina in Suhrawardi's Philosophy of Illumination (1999) Splendour of Iran (3 Volumes, 2001) Abu Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulami Collected Works on Early Sufism. 3-Volumes Set. "Majmo'eh Asare Abu Abdurahman Solmi. Set of 3-vols." (ed) (2010) In Persian Eshrāq va ‛erfān (2001) Zaban-e hal: dar erfan adabiyat-e parsi (Tehran, 1385sh/2006) Do mojadded (2002) In French La vision de Dieu en theologie et mystique musulmane (1996)

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Iranian philosopher, translator and essayist

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Nasrollah Pourjavady was born on 19 July 1943 in Tehran.

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Nasrollah Pourjavady is a philosopher, translator, essayist and university teacher.

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