Bert G. Fragner (27 November 1941 – 16 December 2021) was an

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Career

He was director of the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences from 2003 to 2010. Before Fragner taught Iranology at the

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from 1984 – 2003. He made several research trips to

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. On 16 July 2010, Fragner was awarded the Dr.

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Prize at the Academy of Sciences in

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, for helping to promote Persian and Iranian culture and history. Fragner died on 16 December 2021, at the age of 80.

Bibliography (selected)

* 1979: ''Persische Memoirenliteratur als Quelle zur neueren Geschichte Irans'' (Freiburger Islamstudien) (German). Steiner. * 1994: ''From the Caucasus to the Roof of the World: a culinary adventure''. London. * 1999: ''Die Persophonie. Regionalität, Identität und Sprachkontakt in der Geschichte Asiens'' (German). Traugott Bautz. amazon.de
Retrieved: 28 October 2023

References

Bibliography

* Fragner, Bert G. (1999). ''Die Persophonie: Regionalität, Identität und Sprachkontakt in der Geschichte Asiens''. Berlin: Das Arabische Buch. . * Fragner, Bert G. (2000). "From the Caucasus to the Roof of the World: a culinary adventure". In Sami Zubaida and Richard Tapper: ''A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East'' (2nd ed.). London & New York: Tauris Parke Paperbacks. . 1941 births 2021 deaths Place of birth missing Austrian academics Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Humanities Iranologists Academic staff of the University of Bamberg {{austria-academic-bio-stub