Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani

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Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani or Saídi Sirdschani for short ( Persian علی‌اکبر سعیدی سیرجانی, DMG ʿAlī Akbar Saʿīdī Sīrǧānī , born December 12, 1931 in Sirjan ; † November 28, 1994 ) was an Iranian writer, historian, journalist and dissident.

Sa'idi Sirjani wrote more than 15 books in which he dealt with, among other things, Iranian history and culture. In the 1980s he worked as a visiting professor at Columbia University , where he also published two books in the USA. His analysis of older Iranian traditions independent of Islam and his advocacy for individual rights brought him into conflict with the Iranian government and later led to his books being banned from publication in Iran in 1991.

Sa'idi Sirjani was arrested in early 1994 on charges of drug abuse, homosexuality and espionage for the West, among other things. According to official reports, he died of heart failure after ten months in prison. However, it is believed that he was murdered by authorities or killed by denial of medical care. The allegations that led to his arrest are also questioned and viewed as fabricated.

The International Society for Iranian Studies has been awarding the Saidi-Sirjani Book Award since 1995, a book prize named after him and endowed with 2000 $.

See also

Works

  • Dar Astin-E Morraqa (Under the Cloak of Hypocrisy)
  • The serpent-shouldered zahak

literature

  • Christopher de Bellaigue: In the rose garden of the martyrs. A portrait of Iran. From the English by Sigrid Langhaeuser, Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2006 (English original edition: London 2004), pp. 284–286

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antoon de Baets: Censorship of Historical Thought: A World Guide, 1945-2000 . Greenwood Publishing Group 2002, ISBN 0313311935 , p. 294 ( restricted online version (Google Books) )
  2. ^ Siamak Khatami: Iran, a View from Within: Political Analyzes . Janus Publishing Company Lim. 2004, ISBN 1857565231 , p. 82 ( limited online version (Google Books) )

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personal data
SURNAME Sa'idi Sirjani, Ali-Akbar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES علی اکبر سعیدی سیرجانی (Persian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian writer, historian, journalist and dissident
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Sirjan
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1994