Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob

Iranian writer

Date of Birth: 19-May-1923

Place of Birth: Borujerd, Lorestan Province, Iran

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1999

Profession: writer, historian, translator, literary critic, literary, essayist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (Luri/Persian: ????????? ????????, also Romanized as Zarrinkoob, Zarrinkub, IPA: æbdolho'sejn zæ?[?]i?n'ku?b) (March 17, 1923 – September 15, 1999) was a scholar of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history. He was born on March 19, 1923, 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.