Mohammad Moin
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Mohammad Moin (1918 Rasht, Iran - 1970 Tehran, Iran) (Persian: محمد معین ) was one of the prominent scholars of Persian literature and Iranology.
Mohammad Moin received his BA in literature and philosophy in 1934. He then moved to Belgium and graduated in applied psychology, anthropology and cognitive sciences under Elmer Knowles. He then returned to Iran and enrolled in the PhD program at Tehran University and received his PhD with honours in Persian literature and linguistics. He is the first doctoral graduate in Persian literature from Tehran University.
Prof. Moin was promoted to full and later distinguished professor and the chair of the literary criticism and research in literary texts at Tehran University.
Prof. Moin is known for his works on Persian dictionary in collaboration with Dehkhoda. Dr. Moin was also the head of Literature commission in the International Congress of Iranology. He died in 1971. He was buried in Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Gilan, Iran. His mausoleum was vandalized in 1981 by Islamist vigilantes, supposedly because of his ties to the Pahlavi dynasty and his work on ancient Iranian languages which was deemed anti-Islamic by zealots.
[edit] Awards and Honours
- Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Letters
- Tamhour from Academie des Inscriptions
- Highest medal for Art and Literature form French government
- Distinguished Professor of Tehran University
