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Franklin D. Lewis (1961 - 2022) was an Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago with affiliations to the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.
Nov 15, 2006 · Franklin Lewis, "A Book of Kings as the King of Books: The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi,” commissioned article for A Companion to World Literature, edited by Ken Seigneurie, with Susan Andrade, Chris Lupke, B. Venkat Mani, Wen-chin Ouyang, and Dan.
Oct 18, 2014 · Franklin D. Lewis is Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is a specialist in Persian...
Lewis Franklin wrote a letter to Jewish newspapers throughout the United States in which he contended that forcing Moses Mannasse to testify on a High Holy Day was a grave insult to the Jewish people.
Feb 7, 2023 · Franklin Dean Lewis was an extraordinary scholar of Persian literature, Sufism and Islamic thought, Baha ʾi studies, Iranian cinema, and translation studies, with far-reaching interests beyond these fields as well. He was a bril-liant and unfailingly generous colleague, an inspiring translator, and the kind-est, gentlest, and best of mentors.
This is an extensively corrected edition in one volume of the two previously published volumes of A.J. Arberry's translations of 400 ghazals of Jalal al-Din Rumi. With new formatting and new foreword, as well as new notes, by Franklin Lewis.
Jan 24, 2023 · Death, this incurable pain, took Franklin Lewis, an irreplaceable voice whose gentle presence and inspiring scholarship made him an exemplary scholar, mentor, colleague, and friend. In sorrow’s grip, we cherish his undying memory by marveling at his profoundly rich and varied body of work.
