Hossein Elahi Ghomshei

Dr. Hossein Mohyeddin Elahi Ghomshei known as (Elahi Ghomshei) (In Persian حسین محی الدین الهی قمشه ای ), is a world-renowned Iranian scholar, author and lecturer on Persian literature and Islamic mysticism. He is famous for his literary versatility, his profound understanding of his topics and his powerful memory. His ability to bring together eastern and western literatures and mysticism is the reason behind his enchanting lectures and official seminars around the world. In 1998-1999, he was chosen as Iran’s favorite television personality among all categories in Iran, with more than 86 percent popularity rating with viewers.

Ghomshei, the fourth son of Ayatollah Mahdi Mohyeddin Elahi Ghomshei (translator of the Qur'an into Persian ), was born in January 1940 in Tehran, Iran. He attended primary, high and academic school in Danesh, Marvi schools, and the University of Tehran, respectively. He received his PhD in Islamic Theology and Philosophy from the University of Tehran, writing his thesis on Avicenna's philosophy.

Dr. Elahi Ghomshei is a researcher on the Persian, Arabic and English poetry. Because he presents his findings in a sweet way to ordinary people, it is about ten years that almost every week his speeches are broadcast on the national TV of Iran, IRIB, with his lectures having many fans among the young and elder generations.

Some of Dr. Elahi Ghomshei's work experiences are:
* lecturer at Tehran University and other Universities and Institutes (1968- 2000)
* lecturer at Iranian Television (Weekly Program)
* international lecturer at:
** University of Cambridge,
** University of Oxford,
** Temenos Academy, London
** University of London (School of Oriental & African Studies)
** Scotland
** University of Glasgow
** University of California, Berkeley
** University of California, Los Angeles
** University of Southern California (USC)
** California State University, Long Beach

Some of his selected publications are:
* Selection from the Discourse of Rumi (Fihe-Ma-Fih)
* The Seven Stations of Love (Intro. to Farid al-Din Attar’s life & work)
* Selection from the Conference of Birds (Mantiq-al-Tayr); by Farid al-Din Attar
* “Divan Hafez” (A critical edition of Hafez’s collected poems)
* Essay on Persian mystical literatur, poetics & aesthetics
* “Kimia”; collected essays and poems (vol. 1-5)
* Introduction to “Golshane Raz” Shaikh Mahmoud Shabestari)
* A bi-lingual primer of English literary translations (university textbook)
* Shakespeare & his theater (translation)
* The Prophet (translation from Jebran Khalil)

Wiki pages

* Quotations of Elahi Ghomshei [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hossein_Elahi_Ghomshei Wikiquote]

External links

* [http://www.persianwisdom.org Dr.Elahi Ghomshei's official website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/ansari213/elahi.htm Non-official website of Dr. Elahi Ghomshei]
* [http://ghomshei.ir/ Non-official website of Dr. Elahi Ghomshei]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/88606916@N00/show/ Pictures of Dr. Elahi Ghomshei]
* [http://www.stanford.edu/group/psa/events/1996-97/ghomshei.utf8.html Short Biography at Stanford University]

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