Ahmad Kamyabi Mask (Persian: احمد کامیابی مَسْک; born 1944) is a writer, translator, publisher, and current Professor Emeritus of Modern Drama and Theater of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran.[1] He is a prominent scholar of French Avant-garde theater and influential in the study of Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett.
Ahmad Kamyabi Mask احمد کامیابی مَسْک | |
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 Ahmad Kamyabi Mask and Eugène Ionesco | |
| Born | Ahmad Kamyabi Mask 1944 (age 79–80) Birjand, Iran |
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| Language | French, Persian |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Education | University of Tehran, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III |
| Notable awards | Association des écrivains de langue française (ADELF) Prix 1991 Chevalier of the Order of Academic Palms 2011 |
Biography
editAhmad Kamyabi Mask was born in Khusf, a village in the vicinity of Birjand in the east of Iran, in 1944 during the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran. He attended university in Mashhad, Tehran and Montpellier and taught as a school teacher. Having earned a doctorate de 3e cycle from Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, he started as a university professor in 1978 in Tehran. He earned his doctorate d'État (state doctorate) in Comparative Literature and Theatrical Studies in 1999 and is "Professor of Humanities" since then.[2]
Kamyabi Mask authored and translated numerous books and essays in French and Persian and self-published them in Paris[3] and with other publishing houses and back in Iran with various publishers, notable among them the University of Tehran Press.[4] Some of his oeuvre has been translated and published to Anglophone readership; one being his book of interviews with Beckett, Last Meeting with Samuel Beckett translated by Janet A. Evans.[5] This book has been translated into numerous other languages as well.
He is also a prolific translator between French and Persian. He translated into Persian many of Eugène Ionesco's plays, who wrote a preface to Kamyabi Mask's Qu'a-t-on fait de Rhinocéros d'Eugène Ionesco à travers le monde?: Allemagne, France, Roumanie, Iran, Japon, U.S.A.[6] and Ionesco et son théâtre.[7] He also translated plays by Jean Genet and Fernando Arrabal and introduced them to Persian readership. He also translated notable Eastern and Persian works into French: a play by Bahram Bayzai, Le huitième voyage de Sindbad[8] along with works of poetry by Buddha,[9] Ahmad Shamlou[10] and Shokouh Mirzadagui.[11]
Kamyabi Mask received the 1991 award of the Association of French Language Writers for his book Qui sont les rhinocéros de Monsieur Bérenger-Eugène Ionesco?. In 2011, he was named Chevalier of the Order of Academic Palms for distinguished contribution to French literature and culture.[12]
Ahmad Kamyabi Mask is an eminent critic of Martin Esslin for the colonialist quality of the latter's critique on French Avant-garde theater.[13][14][15][16]
Works
editSome of Kamyabi Mask's books are:
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1987). Ionesco et son théâtre. Préface d'Eugène Ionesco suivie d'un entretien avec Ionesco. Paris: Caractères – Deuxième édition, 1992, Ed. A. Kamyabi Mask, Paris. ISBN 9782950480637.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1990). Dernière rencontre avec Samuel Beckett. Paris: Caractères – Deuxième édition, 1995, Ed. A. Kamyabi Mask, Paris. ISBN 978-2950480651.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1990). Qui sont les rhinocéros de Monsieur Bérenger-Eugène Ionesco? (Etude dramaturgique). suivie d'un entretien avec Jean-Louis Barrault, Préface de Bernard Laudy, Illustrations de Günther. Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask (Prix A.D.E.L.F. 1991). ISBN 9782950480606.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad, ed. (1991). Qu'attendent Eugène Ionesco et Samuel Beckett? et qu'en pensent: J.-L. Barrault, J. Mauclair, M. Maréchal, P. Vernois, T. Brown, A. Grodzicki, R. Benski, A. Epstein, R. Lamont, R. Schechner? (Entretiens). Illustrations de Günther et Emeric Davis. Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 978-2950480620.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1995). Qu'a-t-on fait de Rhinocéros d'Eugène Ionesco à travers la monde (Allemagne, France, Roumanie, Iran, Japon, U.S.A. ...). Préface d'Eugène Ionesco, Avant-propos et illustrations de Günther et de Taha, suivi des entretiens avec Hamid Samandarian, Ion Lucian, Karl-Heinz Stroux, William Sabatier. Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 978-2910337018.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1995). A la recherche d'un ami: d'après Le petit prince d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (pièce en trois actes), pour les enfants de 7 à 77 ans. Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782910337025.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1997). Histoire du Prince Nik et de la fée Golpary: pièce en deux actes d'après un conte en persan pour les enfants. Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782910337032.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1999). Les temps de l'attente. Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 978-2-910337-04-9.
In English Translation
edit- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1993). Last Meeting with Samuel Beckett. Translated by Janet A. Evans. Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782950480675.
Other Translations
edit- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1993). Ultimo encuentro con Samuel Beckett. Translated by Roland Husson and Susana Nuñez. Paris. A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782950480682.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1993). Laatste ontmoeting met Samuel Beckett. Translated by Nadine Proot. Paris. A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782950480699.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1993). Letzte Begegnung mit Samuel Beckett. Translated by Gérard Siary. Paris. A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782950480668.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (1993). آخرین دیدار با ساموئل بکت، گفتگو (in Arabic). Paris: A. Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782950480644.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad (2002). آخرین مصاحبه با ساموئل بکت. Translated by Farideh Razi. Tehran. Arvij. ISBN 964-7174-70-5.
- Kamyabi Mask, Ahmad, ed. (2002). گفتگوهایی با ساموئل بکت، اوژن یونسکو و ژان لوئی بارو درباره تئاتر. Translated by Ahmad Kamyabi Mask. Tehran. Namayesh. ISBN 964-5596-54-8.
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References
edit- ^ "FACULTIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN ii – Encyclopaedia Iranica". Iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "مشاهير و فرهيختگان ايران". 91.98.46.102:8080. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Publisher: A. Kamyabi Mask". Open Library. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ OpenLibrary.org. "Publisher: University of Tehran Press – Open Library". openlibrary.org.
- ^ Mask, Ahmad Kamyabi (1993). Last Meeting with Samuel Beckett – Ahmad Kamyabi Mask. ISBN 9782950480675. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Mask, Ahmad Kamyabi; Samandarian, Hamid (1 April 2013). Qu'a-t-on fait de Rhinocéros d'Eugène Ionesco à travers le monde?: Allemagne ... – Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, Hamid Samandarian. ISBN 9782910337018. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Mask, Ahmad Kamyabi; Ionesco, Eugène (1992). Ionesco et son théâtre – Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, Eugène Ionesco. ISBN 9782950480637. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Le Huitičme voyage de Sindbad: pičce persane – Bahrām Bayz̤āʼī. 1990. ISBN 9782950480613. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Rhinocιros: seigneur Gautama, Bouddha - Google Boeken. 1 January 2009. ISBN 9782910337001. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ s̆Āmlu, Ahmad (2000). Choix de počmes - Ahmad S̆āmlu - Google Boeken. ISBN 9782910337070. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Mirzadagui, Shokouh (1985). "Par delà le néant".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Iranian theater scholar receives French Order of Chivalry". Tehran Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Farzâneh Pourmazâheri, Afsâneh Pourmazâheri. "Dans le voisinage d'Eugène Ionesco Entretien avec Ahmad Kamyabi Mask – La Revue de Téhéran | Iran". Teheran.ir. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "U. of Tehran commemorates Ionesco on 100th birthday – Tavoos Online | Iran's First Bilingual Art Magazine |". Tavoos Online. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Behnegarsoft.com. "Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) – 25.11.09". Ibna.ir. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "تئاتر پیش برنده جامعه ,مجله صحنه , دوره جدید، تابستان 1388 – شماره 67 , صفحه 126 , تصویر | پایگاه مجلات تخصصی نور". کتاب صحنه. -67 (8). Noormags.com: 126–127. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2014.