Mohammad-Jafar Yahaghi ( fa, محمدجعفر یاحقی}; also

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d as Mohammad-Ja’far Yāhaghghi; born 1947 in Ferdows, South Khorasan, IranDr. Yahaghi' Brief Biography in Iranology Foundation, University of London
/ref>) is a celebrated Persian writer, literary critic, editor and translator and distinguished professor of literature at Ferdowsi University of Mashad. He is currently the head of Center of Excellence in Researches about

Ferdowsi Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...

and

Khorasan Khorasan may refer to: * Greater Khorasan, a historical region which lies mostly in modern-day northern/northwestern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan * Khorasan Province, a pre-2004 province of Ira ...

literature. Mohammad-Jafar Yahaghi graduated from

Tehran University The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

in 1981 with a doctorate degree in Persian literature. He is known for his works on Shahnama and Iranian epic literature. He has written, edited and translated more than 20 books. He lives in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

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Iranian literary critics Iranian translators Ferdowsi University of Mashad faculty Living people People from Ferdows 1947 births Members of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature Iranian memoirists Researchers of Persian literature Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni Distinguished professors in Iran {{Iran-academic-bio-stub