Leonardo Alishan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leonardo Alishan

writer, scholar, translator

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2005

Profession: poet, translator, faculty member

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Leonardo Paul Alishan (1951–2005) was an Armenian-Iranian writer, scholar, and translator.
He was a professor of Persian and Comparative Literature at the University of Utah from 1978-1997.
His published works include three collections of poetry, a book of short stories, and many scholarly articles.
His translations included works by Nima Yushij, Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, and Ahmad Shamlu who dedicated one of his poems to Alishan.
He was a member of the Armenian Catholic minority.