Behrouz Servatian, was an Iranian literary scholar, professor, and authority on the great Iranian lyric poet, Nizami Ganjavi.
10 Facts About Behrouz Servatian
Behrouz Servatian was born in Miandoab, a southern town in West Azerbaijan, northwest Iran.
Behrouz Servatian lived in his home town until he was 24.
Behrouz Servatian then went back to Miandoab to do cultural services.
Behrouz Servatian spent the last years of his life editing Hafez' ghazals and working on Safi-Ali-Shah's Commentary, while writing a number of other works too.
Behrouz Servatian died of a heart attack on 29 July, 2012 in Gohardasht, Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran at the age of 75 and was buried two days later in Behesht-e Sakineh cemetery near Karaj.
Behrouz Servatian had five children, one son and four daughters.
Behrouz Servatian's third daughter, Golnar, is a cartoonist and book illustrator.
Behrouz Servatian published a commentary of the Diwan of Hafez in 4 volumes, 4000 pages, in 2001.
Behrouz Servatian translated the Azeri Turkish famous poem Heydar Babaya Salam by Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar into Persian.