Amir Banoo Karimi

Amir Banoo Karimi (Amiri Firuzkuhi/Mosaffa) (Persian:امیربانو کریمی), is a professor of Persian literature, specializing in classical Persian literature and the work of Saib Tabrizi. In 2004, Karimi was inducted into the Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame for her lifelong contributions to Persian studies, language, and literature.

Life and career

Amir Banoo Karimi is the eldest child of the legendary Iranian poet, Seyed Karim Amiri Firuzkuhi.

Born in Tehran, during the era of Reza Shah, Amir Banoo was unable to acquire her father's last name, namely, Amiri Firuzkuhi due to its political connotations, "Amir" meaning king or emir hence, Emir of Firuzkuh. Consequently, she was forced to adopt her father's first name, Karim as her last name.

Amir Banoo Karimi pursued her education in the field of Persian Literature at the University of Tehran where she also taught as a professor upon graduation.^[1] She is married to Mozaher Mosaffa, a renowned Persian poet and professor of Persian literature at the University of Tehran.

Selected Works

Books

Works include but are not limited to:

• Edited edition 1 through 4 of Jawami ul-Hikayat
• Compilation and critique of the two editions of the Divan-i Amiri Firuzkuhi: Ghazaliyat va Qasa'id by Seyed Karim Amiri Firuzkuhi
• (1989) The Ghazals of Saib Tabrizi
• (1993) Edited edition of the Divan of Hakim Abdolrazagh Lahiji, publication of the University of Tehran Press.
• (1995) Critical Analysis of Hakim Sanai's The Walled Garden of Truth

Articles

Prominent literary essays include:

• The Missing Sources of Jawami ul-Hikayat
• The Double-Sided Coin: Mansur Al-Hallaj
• The Representation of Women in Persian Poetry
• Saba's Illness

See also

• Seyed Karim Amiri Firuzkuhi
• Ali Mosaffa
• Jafar Shahidi

References

1. ↑ فرخ‌زاد، پوران. کارنمای زنان کارای ایران (از دیروز تا امروز). تهران: نشر قطره، ۱۳۸۱. ۶۷۴. ISBN 964-341-116-8.