Michel Chodkiewicz
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Michel Chodkiewicz | |
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 Chodkiewicz at Editions du Seuil, 1987 | |
| Born | 13 May 1929 |
| Died | 31 March 2020 (aged 90) |
| Known for | Scholar of Sufism |
| Children | Claude Addas |
Michel Chodkiewicz (13 May 1929 – 31 March 2020) was a French scholar of Sufism, particularly the works of Ibn 'Arabi.[1]
Biography
[edit]Michel Chodkiewicz was from the Chodkiewicz family, a szlachta family of the Polish aristocracy who settled in France in 1832. He was born in Paris in 1929 and completed most of his education there.[2] Chodkiewicz converted to Islam from Roman Catholicism at age 17.[3] He began studying Ibn 'Arabi under the Romanian traditionalist Michel Valsan.[1]
He served as Director-General and then President and CEO of Editions du Seuil from 1977 to 1989.[1][4] In 1982, he became director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales where he conducted seminars on Ibn 'Arabi and Abd al-Karim al-Jili.[1]
He died 31 March 2020 in the town of Les Hauts-d'Anjou.[3]
Publications
[edit]- Émir Abd el-Kader, Écrits spirituels, presentation, translation and notes, Seuil, 1982; reprint 1994.
- Awhad al-Din Balyani, Épître sur l'Unicité absolue, presentation, translation and notes, Les Deux Océans, 1982.
- Le Sceau des Saints, Prophétie et Sainteté dans la doctrine d'Ibn 'Arabî, Éditions Gallimard, 1986; reprint 2012.
- Ibn 'Arabî, Les Illuminations de La Mecque, texts chosen from al-Futûhât al-Makkîya (in collaboration with W.C. Chittick, C. Chodkiewicz, D. Gril and J.W. Morris), Sindbad, 1988; reprint with subtitle Anthologie présentée par Michel Chodkiewicz, Albin Michel/Spiritualités vivantes, 2008.
- Un Océan sans rivage. Ibn 'Arabî, le Livre et la Loi, Éditions du Seuil, 1992.
Translations
[edit]- The Spiritual Writings of Amir 'Abd al-Kader (1982).
- The Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn Arabi (1986).
- Ibn 'Arabî: The Meccan Revelations (translation of selected chapters, 1988)
- An Ocean Without Shore: Ibn Arabi, the Book, and the Law (1992)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Notcutt, Martin (2020-09-01). "Michel Chodkiewicz". Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ↑ "French Islamic Thinker, Michel Chodkiewicz, Passed Away". Karar.com. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- 1 2 Gaborieau, Marc; Mourrégot, Marie-France (2021-12-04). "In memoriam Michel Chodkiewicz (1929-2020)". Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French). 196 (196): 9–16. doi:10.4000/assr.59908. ISSN 0335-5985.
- ↑ Chodkiewicz, Michel. "Chodkiewicz". Catalogue général.
See also
[edit]- Michel Chodkiewicz 1929–2020 at The Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society (MIAS).
- 1929 births
- 2020 deaths
- French chief executives
- Chief executives in the publishing industry
- French people of Polish descent
- French Muslims
- French scholars of Islam
- French Sufis
- Scholars of Sufism
- Ibn Arabi scholars
- Traditionalist School
- Muslim scholars of Islamic studies
- Converts to Islam from Roman Catholicism
- French former Christians