Meskoob: 63 Years of Friendship by Hassan Kamshad 

Hassan Kamshad was born in Isfahan, Iran, in 1925. He entered Tehran University, Faculty of Law, and graduated in 1947. After graduating, he was employed by the National Iranian Oil Company and worked in Khuzestan and Tehran. In 1954 he was invited by Cambridge University to teach Persian language and literature. While at Cambridge he worked towards his PhD and wrote his dissertation on contemporary Persian prose, which was later published in England, under the title of "Modern Persian Prose Literature." After five years at Cambridge he returned to Iran and spent the rest of his career in the oil company. He was also a visiting professor at the UCLA in the 1960s. In retirement he began writing and translating. More than thirty of these have been published in Iran and abroad.
This video was part of the event "Conference: The Life and Work of Shahrokh Meskoob" taking place on October 29, 2020. For more information please visit: iranian-studie...