Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator and philosopher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad (Persian: جلال آلاحمد; December 2, 1923 – September 9, 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher,[1] socio-political critic, sociologist,[2] as well as an anthropologist who was "one of the earliest and most prominent of contemporary Iranian ethnographers".[3] He popularized the term gharbzadegi – variously translated in English as "westernstruck", "westoxification", and "Occidentosis" – [4] producing a holistic ideological critique of the West "which combined strong themes of Frantz Fanon and Marx".[5]
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Born | (1923-12-02)2 December 1923 |
Died | 9 September 1969(1969-09-09) (aged 45) |
Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation(s) | Writer, social and political critic |
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Spouse | Simin Daneshvar (1950−1969, his death) |
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