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Abolhassan Najafi (Persian: ابوالحسن نجفی, also Romanized as "Abolhasan Najafī"; 28 June 1929 – 22 January 2016)[citation needed] was an Iranian writer and translator.
Abolhassan Najafi ابوالحسن نجفی | |
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| Born | 28 June 1929 |
| Died | 22 January 2016 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Education | Unfinished PhD in Linguistics |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
| Occupation(s) | writer and translator |
| Known for | member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
Najafi was born in Najaf, Iraq, into a family from Isfahan. He began his literary activities in the 1960s and translated several books from French into Persian. He co-published a successful literary periodical entitled Jong-e Isfahan (Persian: جُنگ اصفهان). After the Iranian revolution, he published a controversial book on Persian usage entitled Let's Avoid Mistakes (غلط ننویسیم).
Najafi published more than twenty books, among these a dictionary on Persian slang, elements of general linguistics and its application to the Persian language. He translated French novels to Persian, notable works from Jean-Paul Sartre (Le Diable et le bon Dieu, Les sequestres d'Altona, Qu'est-ce que la littérature), André Malraux (Antimémoire), Albert Camus (Caligula), Roger Martin du Gard (Les Thibault), Claude Lévi-Strauss (La race et l'histoire), and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Le Petit Prince).[1]
Najafi was a member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature (1990–2016).
References
edit- ^ "Another Persian translation of "Little Prince" coming". Tehran Times. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
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