About Mahmoud Omidsalar
Born 1950. Mahmoud Omidsalar is an Iranian writer, translator and literary critic.
Mahmoud Omidsalar (; born November 26, 1950) is an Iranian literary critic and Jordan Center for Persian Studies' Scholar in Residence. He is known for his research on Persian epic and Shahnameh in particular.
He is an editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica and an author of The Comprehensive History of Iran.
He has criticized Eurocentrism and Orientalism in his works.
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Who is Mahmoud Omidsalar?
Iranian writer and translator
When was Mahmoud Omidsalar born?
Mahmoud Omidsalar was born on 26 November 1950 in Isfahan.
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Mahmoud Omidsalar is a writer, translator and literary critic.
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Mahmoud Omidsalar is Iranian.
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