Cyrus Ghani (1929 Sabzevar, Iran – 2015 New York, USA) sometimes spelled Sīrūs Ghanī, was an Iranian-born academic, lawyer,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ian studies scholar, and
film critic
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets ...
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Born in
Sabzevar
Sabzevar ( fa, سبزوار ), previously known as Beyhagh (also spelled "Beihagh"; fa, بيهق), is a city and capital of Sabzevar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, approximately west of the provincial capital Mashhad, in northeastern I ...
, he also lived in the United States and in London.
Ghani's published works include ''Iran and the West: A Critical Bibliography'' (1987), ''Iran and the Rise of Reza Shah'' (1998), ''My Favorite Films'' (2004),
''A Man of Many Worlds: The Diaries and Memoirs of Dr. Ghasem Ghani'' (2006), an edited volume of the memoirs of his father,
Ghasem Ghani, and ''Shakespeare, Persia, and the East'' (2008)
References
External links
Books by Cyrus Ghani
Living people
People from Sabzevar
Iranian film critics
1929 births
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