Iranian thinker
Yaman Hekmat
Yaman HekmatLiterary Criticism and Shahnameh StudiesIranian
Life and Thought
Yaman Hekmat is a writer, literary criticism researcher, and literature instructor. He holds a PhD in Persian language and literature and works in the fields of literary criticism, semiotics of art and literature, and Shahnameh studies.
Yaman Hekmat (Taghiabadi) is a writer, literary criticism researcher, and literature instructor. He holds a PhD in Persian language and literature and has worked for years in the fields of literary criticism, literary theory, and the semiotics of art and literature in Iran and Afghanistan.
His works include the book "Encountering the Text" (essays on the necessity of creating a literary criticism discourse in Afghanistan) and "What Happened to the Buddha" (essays on the semiotics of art and literature in Iran and Afghanistan). In recent years, he has also published or has works forthcoming in the fields of history and Shahnameh studies, including "Historical Geography of the Dasht-e Khavaran", "The Custom of Vizier-Killing" about Hasanak the Vizier, and "The Selected Shahnameh".
Hekmat previously wrote poetry as well, but since around 2011, he has focused primarily on literary criticism, theory, and fiction.
