Mohammad Moin ( fa, , his surname could also be transliterated as Mo'in) (July 12, 1914,
Rasht,
Iran
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– July 4, 1971,
Tehran
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, Iran)
[Date of birth July 12, 1914, is according to Professor Mo'in's own notes. However, some sources indicate April 29, 1918, as the date of birth. The latter date seems somewhat unlikely, since it would imply that he should have obtained his BA at the age of approximately sixteen, requiring his entrance to university at approximately twelve or perhaps fourteen, depending on the duration of the BA course. Increasing these values by four leads to reasonable ages, leading one to consider July 12, 1914, as the correct date of birth.] was a prominent Iranian scholar of
Persian literature
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and
Iranian Studies.
Moin studied at the
Higher Institute of Science in Tehran and obtained his
BA in
literature
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and
philosophy
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in 1934. He subsequently went to
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and graduated in applied
psychology
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,
anthropology
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and
cognitive science under Elmer Knowles. On returning to Iran he carried out his doctoral research under
Ebrahim Pourdavoud
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at the
University of Tehran
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, culminating in a thesis with the title "
Mazdayasna and its Influence on Persian Literature" for which he received a
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with honors in Persian literature and
linguistics
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. He is the first doctoral graduate in Persian literature from the University of Tehran.
He was later appointed full professor at University of Tehran, from which position he was subsequently promoted as Distinguished Professor to the Chair of ''Literary Criticism and Research in Literary Texts'' at the same university. He is best known for his famous ''
Mo'in Dictionary'' as well as his contributions to the ''
Dehkhoda Dictionary.''
Mo'in was President of the literature commission of the ''International Congress of Iranian Studies'' and Director of the ''Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute''.
Mohammad Mo'in died in 1971 in Tehran. He is buried in
Astaneh Ashrafiyeh,
Gilan, Iran. His burial chamber was vandalized in 1981 by vigilantes, thought to be due to Mo'in's ties to the political elite of the
Pahlavi Era
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.
Awards and honours
* Third degree scientific badge in 1316
AH.
* Second degree scientific badge in 1321
* Second degree of gratitude badge in 1327.
* Tamhour Prize from the Académie des Inscriptions in 1321.
* The highest award of "Art and Literature" by the French government in 1340.
See also
*
Iranistics
Notes
External links
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