Fahir Iz
Turkish literary historian and writer (1911–2004)
Fahir Iz (30 April 1911 – 5 July 2004) was a Turkish scholar of literature and professor emeritus of the Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Department (NELC) at the University of Chicago. He also served as director of the Institute of Turkology at Istanbul University and the head of Cultural Affairs of the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD). His academic career spanned Turkey, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and he was known for his work on both classical and contemporary Turkish literature.
Early life and education
Iz was born in Istanbul in 1911. He attended the Italian High School, the French College Saint-Michel, and the Galatasaray Lycée in 1933. He graduated from the Turkish Language and Literature Department of the Higher Teacher Training School in 1938. He later studied at the University of Istanbul, where he completed a Licence in Literature, specializing in Turkish and Persian studies. His thesis, A Study of the Mi'rajname, was based on a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Career
After graduating under Fuat Köprülü and Reşit Rahmeti Arat, he became a lecturer in Old Turkish Literature at the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University. In addition to Italian and French, he also learned English language.
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