Jalal Matini

Jalal Matini

Dr. Jalal Matini (1928–) ( _fa. جلال متینی) is an internationally renowned Iranian scholar.

Dr. Matini is an Iranian scholar, literary critic, academic, and leading expert on Persian literature, particularly the epic Shahnameh by the Persian literary icon Ferdowsi.

Prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, Dr. Matini was a professor and president of Ferdowsi University in Mashad, Iran. After emigrating to the US, Dr. Matini taught Persian literature at the University of California at Berkeley, and he subsequently founded the journals "Iran-Nameh" and Iran-Shenasi.


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