Zabihollah Safa
1911
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1999
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Iran
languages spoken, written or signed: Persian
educated at: University of Tehran
occupation: iranologist, poet, literary historian, historian, translator, literary, writer, university teacher
award received: Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
Zabihollah Safa (Persian: ذبیحاللّه صفا; May 7, 1911 in Shahmirzad, Iran – April 29, 1999 in Lübeck, Germany) was a scholar and professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at the University of Tehran. His main contribution to the field of Iranian studies is seen in his seminal and comprehensive works on the history of Persian literature. He was also a regular contributor to the Encyclopaedia Iranica. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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