Amir Hassanpour

Amir Hassanpour
BornNovember 17, 1943
DiedJune 24, 2017 (age 73)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Tehran
SpouseShahrzad Mojab
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto

Amir Hassanpour (Persian: امیر حسن‌پور, Kurdish: ئه‌میر حه‌سه‌نپوور, romanized: Emîr Hesenpûr;[1][2] 17 November 1943 – 24 June 2017) was an Iranian scholar and researcher.

He was a supporter of Kurdish studies and the rights of national minorities to self-determination.[3]

  1. ^ "ئەحمه‌د ئه‌سکه‌نده‌ری: کاک ئه‌میر حه‌سه‌نپوور له چوارچێوه‌ی روانگه و لێکدانه‌وه و کاری زانستی خۆێدا تاقانه و کوردستانی بوه‌" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Emîr Hesenpûr: Çirayê çand û wêjeya Kurdî" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. ^ Pearson, Craig. "Kurdish scholar, former U of W prof, succumbs to cancer". Winsdor Star.