Mehrdad Avesta

Mehrdad Avesta
مهرداد اوستا

مهرداد اوستا
Born Mohammad Reza Rahmani
8 August 1930
Borujerd, Iran
Died 6 May 1991 (aged 60)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Other names Mohammad Reza Rahmani
Occupation Scholar
Known for Scholar of Persian literature, poetry.

Mehrdad Avesta (Persian: مهرداد اوستا; 8 August 1930 – 6 May 1991) was an Iranian contemporary poet.

Mohammad Reza Rahmani, publicly known as Mehrdad Avesta, was born in Borujerd into a literature and art-oriented family. When he was young, he changed his first name from Mohammad Reza to Mehrdad and his family name from Rahmani to Avesta in order to show his passion for ancient Persian culture.[1]

Avesta entered the University of Tehran in 1948 and finished his academic studies in same university with a M.A. degree in Philosophy. When he was 25 years old, he started teaching literature, philosophy and history of arts at the University of Tehran.

He married two times in 1954 and 1966 and he had one son and three daughters. Avesta died in his office at Vahdat Hall of Tehran while he was editing a poem work.

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  1. "Mehrdad Avesta". Virugerd, the Encyclopedia of Borujerd. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

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