Zabihollah Safa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zabihollah Safa

Iranian academic

Date of Birth: 07-May-1911

Place of Birth: Shahmirzad, Semnan Province, Iran

Date of Death: 29-Apr-1999

Profession: writer, poet, historian, translator, university teacher, literary, literary historian, iranologist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Zabihollah Safa (Persian: ?????????? ????) (May 7, 1911 in Shahmirzad, Iran – April 29, 1999 in Lübeck, Germany) was a scholar and professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at the University of Tehran. His main contribution to the field of Iranian studies is seen in his seminal and comprehensive works on the history of Persian literature.
He was also a regular contributor to the Encyclopaedia Iranica.