WRITER

Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani

1939 - Today

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Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (Persian: محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی, also Romanized as "Mohammad–Reza Shafi'i Kadkani") (born 10 October 1939) is an Iranian writer, poet, literary critic, editor, and translator. Kadkani was born in Nishapur, Razavi Khorasan. He is currently professor of literature at Tehran University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani has received more than 63,827 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani is the 5,291st most popular writer (down from 4,921st in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from Iran (down from 344th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani ranks 5,291 out of 7,302Before him are Fritz von Unruh, Magdi Allam, Joël Dicker, Thea Beckman, Diane di Prima, and Sergey Gorodetsky. After him are Duygu Asena, Halina Poświatowska, Joanne Harris, Giorgi Leonidze, Shere Hite, and Ben Bova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani ranks 425Before him are Eduard Kukan, Sandro Lopopolo, Sonny Fortune, Danas Pozniakas, Héctor Salva, and Wilhelmina Cooper. After him are Jovan Miladinović, Joseph Bonnel, Hadi Khosroshahi, Per Ahlmark, Stuart Kauffman, and Robert Kramer.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani ranks 397 out of 631Before him are Ali Hatami (1944), Nasser Hejazi (1949), Dariush Shayegan (1935), Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Zahra Rahnavard (1945), and Shahram Nazeri (1950). After him are Mohammad Mirmohammadi (1948), Hadi Khosroshahi (1939), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Homa Darabi (1940), Hadi Choopan (1987), and Andy (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani ranks 55Before him are Bahram Beyzai (1938), Bozorg Alavi (1904), Hushang Ebtehaj (1928), Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (1001), Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892), and Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1940). After him are Masih Alinejad (1976), Shahrnush Parsipur (1946), Ahmad NikTalab (1934), Marina Nemat (1965), Roya Hakakian (1966), and Man Haron Monis (1964).