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Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila was born on 16 February 1963.[3] He was one of the leading researchers of Islam in Finland.[4] He wrote many popular books on Islamic culture, history and poetry. Hämeen-Anttila also translated the Qur'an into Finnish in the year 1995 and the Epic of Gilgamesh in the year 2000. He served on the editorial board of the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies. Hämeen-Anttila was married to the academic researcher and novelist Virpi Hämeen-Anttila. Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila died on 18 December 2023, at the age of 60.[5]
Awards
In year 2002 Hämeen-Anttila and his wife Virpi Hämeen-Anttila were awarded the Eino Leino Prize[3] for their efforts to promote a multi-cultural concept of literature. The prize was given out for the 47th time.
In year 2005 his book Islamin käsikirja (The Handbook of Islam) won the Valtion tiedonjulkistamispalkinto (the State Award for public Information) in Finland.[3]
Publications
Books in English
Materials for the Study of Ragaz Poetry. Finnish Oriental Society (1996) ISBN 951-9380-28-0.
A Sketch of Neo-Assyrian Grammar. State Archives of Assyrian Studies – SAAS 13, 2000.
Maqama: A History of a Genre. Harrassowitz (2002) ISBN 978-3-447-04591-9.
The Last Pagans of Iraq: Ibn Wahshiyya And His Nabatean Agriculture (2006) ISBN 90-04-15010-2.
Case Studies in Transmission (edit.), Ugarit-Verlag, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-86835-124-8.
Khwadāynāmag the Middle Persian Book of Kings, Studies in Persian Cultural History, Volume: 14, Brill, 2018, ISBN 978-9-00427-764-9.
Books in Finnish
Johdatus Koraaniin. Gaudeamus 1997, reformed edition 2006. ISBN 951-662-924-5
Koraanin selitysteos. Basam Books 1997.
Reunamerkintöjä. Esseitä ja käännöksiä Lähi-idän kirjallisuudesta. Suomen Itämaisen Seuran suomenkielisiä julkaisuja 25, 1997.
Jeesus, Allahin profeetta. Tutkimus islamilaisen Jeesus-kuvan muotoutumisesta. Suomen Eksegeettisen Seuran Julkaisuja 70, 1998.
[Revision:] Jeesus, islamin profeetta. Kirjapaja 2006. ISBN 951-607-330-1
Islamin monimuotoisuus. Gaudeamus 1999.
Islam-taskusanakirja. Basam Books 2001.
Kaksi filosofia. Avicennan ja al-Ghazālīn omaelämäkerrat. Basam Books 2001. (ed. Hämeen-Anttila, trans. with T. Kukkonen)
Tiedon valtameri. Islamilaista viisautta. Basam Books 2001.
Uskontojen risteyksissä. Välimeren alueen uskontojen juurilla. Toim. Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila. Gaudeamus 2001.
Jumalasta juopuneet. Islamin mystiikan käsikirja. Basam Books 2002.
Todellisuuden maailmat. Runoja ja proosaa islamin mystikoilta. Basam Books 2002.
Islamin käsikirja. Otava 2004.
Tarina hullusta rakastajasta ja muita runoja. Gummerus 2005. (poetry collection)