Jamshid Giunashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jamshid Giunashvili

Iranian writer

Date of Birth: 01-May-1931

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Date of Death: 21-Jan-2017

Profession: writer, academic, linguist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jamshid Giunashvili (Georgian: ?????? ??????????; 1 May 1931 – 21 January 2017) was a Georgian linguist, Iranologist, researcher, author, and diplomat, having served as the first ambassador of Georgia to Iran for a period of ten years.
He is a graduate of Tbilisi State University with a doctors degree in Iranian studies.
He was born in Tehran, Iran. The Georgian researcher's efforts were primarily directed to deepen relations between Iran and Georgia, especially in terms of cultural and scientific visits, and through the publishing of more than 200 scientific works in Georgian, Persian, English and Russian.
He also won the 2010 International Award for Book of the Year of Iran.
A festschrift in his honor was published in Enat'mec'nierebis sakit'xebi/Issues of Linguistics (Tbilisi State University, 2012).