Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob

Abdulhussein Zarrinkoub
عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب
Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
Born(1923-03-21)March 21, 1923
DiedSeptember 15, 1999(1999-09-15) (aged 76)
NationalityIranian
Known forscholar of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (Luri/Persian: عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب, also Romanized as Zarrinkoob, Zarrinkub, Persian pronunciation: [æbdolhoˈsejn zæɾ[ɾ]iːnˈkuːb]) (March 21, 1923[1] – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history.

He was born in Borujerd, Iran, received his PhD from Tehran University in 1955 under the supervision of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, and held faculty positions at universities such as Oxford University, Sorbonne and Princeton University.[2]

  1. ^ "بخارا :: مجلۀ فرهنگى و هنرى".
  2. ^ http://theprince.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/princeton?a=d&d=Princetonian19691008-01. 2. 18&cl=search&srpos=20&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-Logical-50--1-byTY-on--summer-ILLUSTRATION---1969 A. H. Zarrinkoub, visiting professor from the University of Tehran, will give the first of a series of weekly lectures on Persian Mystical Literature in its Historical Context.