Mansour Hedayati

Mansour Hedayati
Born(1951-01-24)January 24, 1951
DiedFebruary 9, 2009(2009-02-09) (aged 58)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Poet, author, social critic

Mansour Hedayati (Persian: منصور هدایتیMansour Hedāyati) (January 24, 1951 – February 9, 2009) was an Iranian poet, author, social critic from Mazandaran Province. He mostly wrote naturalistic, social and critical poems in Persian and Mazandarani Language. Some of his poems have been published in some native journals and magazines.

Hedayati was born in Velila, Savadkuh County, and was the son of the "Hedayat", the village's nobleman. He also was ideologically a Reformist poet who his works deal with idealistic and naturalistic reform of human society.