Hamid Hassani
Hamid Hassani or Hamid Hasani (Persian: حمید حسنی) (Persian pronunciation: [hæˈmiːd-e hæsæˈniː]) (born November 23, 1968 in Saqqez, Iranian Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian scholar and researcher, concentrated on Persian lexicography, dictionary-making, and Persian corpus linguistics, also an expert on Persian, Standard Arabic, and Kurdish prosody (metrics/ versification).
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Alma mater | University of Tehran, PhD, Persian language and literature |
Occupation | lexicographer, corpus-maker, editor, Persian, Kurdish, and Arabic prosody expert |
Years active | 1991 - present (7 books, 120 papers, 4 international lectures) |
Works | 7 books, 120 papers, and 4 international lectures |
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He lives in Tehran since 1987.
Hassani has reached a PhD degree in Persian language and literature from the University of Tehran. He has published 7 books and more than 120 papers on Persian, Arabic, and Kurdish language and literature.[1] Hassani also has published some works on Persian lexicography, corpus-making, and frequency-concordance dictionaries.[2]
Hassani has given four international lectures: two lectures in English and Persian in Oslo, Norway (September 1997, at the University of Oslo, Blindern and Kloden Institute, respectively), and two lectures in Persian and Tajik-Persian in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (March 2006) at the Institute of Oriental Studies and Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences and Tajik State National University (in Tajik language: Донишгоҳи миллии Тоҷикистон).[3]
He also has participated in publishing more than 150 books and nearly 10 titles of magazines/ journals as a member of editorial board, an editor, a copy editor, and/or a proofreader.
He works as a senior researcher at The Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Departments of "Terminology" and "Encyclopædia of Persian Language and Literature", Tehran, Iran.
Publications, international lectures, and awards
A. Books in Persian:
- 2009: Published Persian Beginner's Dictionary, (in Persian: Farhang-e Zabān-āmūz-e Fārsī, Sat.h-e Moqaddamātī), with Behruz Safarzadeh, Tehran, Iran Language Institute (ILI), xvi + 1210 + iv pp (ISBN 964-8699-76-3);
- 2005: Published Persian Today Corpus: The Most Frequent Words of Today Persian, based on a one-million-word corpus (in Persian: Vāže-hā-ye Porkārbord-e Fārsi-ye Emrūz), Tehran, Iran Language Institute (ILI), 322 pp (ISBN 964-8699-32-1);
- 2004: Published Arabic Poetry: Prosody and Rhyme (in Persian: `Arūz-o Qāfiyeh-ye `Arabī), Tehran, `Elmī va Farhangī, v + 144 pp (ISBN 964-445-500-2);
- 2004: Published Madārej-ol-Balāgheh in Rhetoric (in Persian: Madārej-ol-Balāgheh dar `Elm-e Badī`), by Rezā-Qolī Khān Hedāyat, edited and annotated by Hamid Hassani (co-editor: Behruz Safarzadeh), Tehran, The Academy of Persian Language and Literature, xix + 164 pp (ISBN 964-7531-35-4);
- 2001: Published A Glossary of Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian: Farhang-e Mowzū`i-e Qānūn-e Asāsi-e Jomhūri-e Eslāmi-e Irān), Tehran, Rowzaneh 162 pp (ISBN 964-334-089-9);
- 1998: Published Mer'āt-ol-Khiyāl Who's Who (in Persian: Tazkereh-ye Mer'āt-ol-Khiyāl), by Shīr-`Alī Khān Lūdī, edited and annotated by Hamid Hassani (co-editor: Behruz Safarzadeh), Tehran, Rowzaneh, xxi + 370 pp (ISBN 964-6176-06-2);
- 1992: Published Poetry of Nima (a research on poetic meters and forms of Nima Yooshij) (in Persian: Musīqi-e She`r-e Nīmā (tahqīq-ī dar owzān va qāleb-hā-ye she`ri-e Nīmā-Yūshīj), Tehran: Ketāb-e Zamān 272 pp.
B. Papers in Persian:
- 1991–present: Published more than 95 papers in Persian on Persian, Arabic, and Kurdish language and literature.
C. International lectures in Persian and English:
- 2006: "The One-Million-Word Corpus of Today Persian" (in Persian: "Peykare-ye Yek-Miliyon-Loghati-e Fārsi-e Emrūz", held at The Institute of Oriental Studies and Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences, 5th International Congress of Persian and Tajik Scholars, Tajikistan, Dushanbe, March 2006;
- 2006: "Necessity of making a today Tajik linguistic corpus" (in Tajik-Persian: "Zarūrat-i girdovari-i yak paykara-yi zabonī baroyi Tojiki-i imrūz", held at Tajik State National University (in Tajik language: Донишгоҳи миллии Тоҷикистон), Tajikistan, Dushanbe, March 2006;
- 1997: "Poetry of Nima-Yooshij, Free Verse or Blank Verse?" (in English), held at University of Oslo (Blindern), Oslo, Norway, September 1997;
- 1997: "Persian Prosody and Necessity of Professional Studies" (in Persian: "'Arūz-e Fārsi va zarūrat-e tahqīq-e takhassosī dar ān" (in Persian), held at Kloden Institute, Oslo, Norway, September 1997.
D. Awards (some):
- 2010: Rewarded at "The 28th Iranian Best Yearbook Festival", October 2010, at the "Language Field", Tehran; for the book Persian Beginner's Dictionary, (in Persian: Farhang-e Zabān-āmūz-e Fārsī, Sat.h-e Moqaddamātī), with Behruz Safarzadeh, Tehran, Iran Language Institute (ILI), xvi + 1210 + iv pp;
- 2009: Rewarded at "The 6th Festival of the Best Book Review (of the Year 2008) at the field "Linguistics", Tehran, November 2009; for reviewing the book "A Dictionary of Proper Nouns [/ General Culture]" (by Gholām-Hossein Sadri-Afshār, in collaboration with Nasrin & Nastaran Hakami, Tehran, 2005)"; the paper has been published in Lexicography Journal (Persian: مجلّۀ فرهنگنویسی), Vol. I, No. 1, December 2007, pp. 270–279 (Tehran)
Projects to be done
- The Persian Word Bank (بانک زبان فارسی): A One-Hundred-Million-Word Corpus, with part-of-speech tagging (POS tagging), and A Frequency Dictionary of Persian, under preparation;
- The Dari (East Persian) Corpus: A One-Million-Word Corpus, with part-of-speech tagging (POS tagging), to be prepared;
- The Tajik Language Corpus: A One-Million-Word Corpus, with part-of-speech tagging (POS tagging), to be prepared;
- The Sorani Kurdish Corpus: A One-Million-Word Corpus, with part-of-speech tagging (POS tagging), to be prepared.
References
- "Linguist List (International Linguistics Community Online; Indiania University, USA)".
- "Hamid Hassani | University of Tehran - Academia.edu". Tehran.academia.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- "Sign Up - LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
Further reading
- Jām-e-Jam Online: Persian Today Corpus (in Persian)
- Ādine Book: Madārej-ol-Balāgheh in Rhetoric (in Persian)
- Ādine Book: Arabic Poetry: Prosody and Rhyme (in Persian)
- Ādine Book: Two books by Hamid Hassani (in Persian)
- Ensāni: Some papers by Hamid Hassani (in Persian)
- Rāsexoon website: Arabic Poetry: Prosody and Rhyme (in Persian)
- Rāsexoon website: A Glossary of Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran by Hamid Hassani (in Persian)
- Rāsexoon website: Poetry of Nimā-Yooshij (a book by Hamid Hassani) (in Persian)
- Noormags: Some papers by Hamid Hassani (1) (in Persian)
- Noormags: Some papers by Hamid Hassani (2) (in Persian)
- Noormags: On French Poetry (a critical paper by Hamid Hassani) (in Persian)
- Behnam Design website: Persian Beginner's Dictionary, with Behruz Safarzadeh
External links
- Hamid Hassani's profile at The Linguist List (International Linguistics Community Online)
- Hamid Hassani's profile at LinkedIn
- Hamid Hassani's profile at Academia
- Hamshahri Online, "28th Yearbook Award Festival, 2010" (in Persian)
- Website of The Academy of Persian Language and Literature: "28th Yearbook Award Festival, 2010" (in Persian)
- Borna News: "28th Yearbook Award Festival, 2010" (in Persian)
- Jām-e-Jam Online: "6th Festival of Book Critique, 2009" (in Persian)
- Fārs News: "6th Festival of Book Critique, 2009" (in Persian)
- News Iran: "6th Festival of Book Critique, 2009" (in Persian)
- Hayāt: "6th Festival of Book Critique, 2009" (in Persian)
- The Organization of Persian Language and Literature Development: "6th Festival of Book Critique, 2009" (in Persian)
- Āftāb: "6th Festival of Book Critique, 2009" (in Persian)
- Persian Beginner's Dictionary (Persian: فرهنگ زبانآموز فارسی), with Behruz Safarzadeh (in Persian)