عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب

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born

March 19, 1923 in بروجرد / Boruĝérd, Iran

died

September 15, 1999

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Abdolhossein Zarinkoob (in Persian: عبدالحسين زرين‌کوب, also spelled Zarrinkoub) was a prominent 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 has held faculty positions at prestigious universities such as Oxford University, Sorbonne, and Princeton University, among many others.

Due to his pioneering works on Iranian literature, literary criticism and comparative literature, he is considered as the father of modern Persian literature.

He died September 15, 1999 in Tehran.

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Books by عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب

Average rating: 3.74 · 1,068 ratings · 86 reviews · 27 distinct works

	پله پله تا ملاقات خدا by عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب, Abdolhossein Zarrin-koub 3.73 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:
	دو قرن سکوت by عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب, Abdolhossein Zarrin-koub 3.89 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1384 — 4 editions	My rating:
	از کوچه رندان 3.76 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	كارنامه اسلام 3.03 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	ارزش ميراث صوفيه 3.37 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	جست و جو در تصوف ایران 3.45 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1357 — 3 editions	My rating:
	شعله طور 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1377	My rating:
	سر نی 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	بحر در کوزه 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	بامداد اسلام 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007	My rating: