Eric Ormsby | |
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| Born | Eric Linn Ormsby |
| Institutions | Institute of Ismaili Studies |
Main interests | Poetry, literature, Islamic philosophy |
| Website | Homepage |
Eric Linn Ormsby (born 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia) is deputy head of academic research and publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. He was formerly a professor at McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies, where he also served as director. He has published widely on Islamic thought, including Theodicy in Islamic Thought (1984). [1]
Ormsby has had six collections of poetry published, including Bavarian Shrine and Other Poems (1990), which won a Quebec prize for the best poetry of that year. His poems have been published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review , and have been anthologized in The Norton Anthology of Poetry. [1]
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