Mohammad Ghazi (translator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mohammad Ghazi (translator)

Iranian translator

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1913

Place of Birth: Mahabad, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1998

Profession: writer, poet, translator, linguist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Mohammad Ghazi (translator)

  • Mohammad Ghazi (Persian: ???? ?????, Kurdish: ??????? ?????; also Romanized as Muhammad Qazi) (August 3, 1913 in Mahabad, Iran – January 14, 1998 in Tehran) was a prolific, renowned Iranian translator and writer of Kurdish origin who translated numerous books mainly from French into Persian.
  • He wrote/ translated nearly 70 books. Ghazi studied literature at Darolfonoun, Tehran. In 1953, Ghazi published the Persian translation of Penguin Island.
  • The following year, he translated The Little Prince.
  • Having translated Don Quixote of Cervantes, he received an award for best translation of the year from Tehran University.
  • He has translated more than 60 books including Madame Bovary, The Last Day of a Condemned Man, Captain Michalis, Christ Recrucified, Zorba the Greek and The Decameron.He died on January 14, 1998, in Day Hospital, Tehran, at the age of 85.

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