Kourosh Safavi

Kourosh Safavi was an Iranian linguist, translator, and university professor. He was the vice-president of the Linguistics Society of Iran and a professor at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran. His work focused on semantics, semiotics, history of linguistics, and the relationship between linguistics and literature.
A prolific translator and writer on linguistics, Safavi authored such books as An Introduction to Linguistics, Wandering in the Philosophy of Literature, Logic in Linguistics, Literature from Linguistics Standpoint, Acquaintance with Written Systems, Introduction to the History of Iranian Languages, and Applied Semantics. He also translated into Persian books written by many notable linguists and writers such as Noam Chomsky , Roman Jakobson, Ferdinand de Saussure , Hösle, Goethe and Jostein Gaarder ''.''

Early life and career

Kourosh Safavi was born in Tehran, Iran on 27 June 1956 to father Dr. Ahmad Emad al_Din Safavi and mother Parvindokht Javidpour. When he was two months old, the family migrated to Switzerland, Germany and finally Austria. Fourteen years later they returned to Iran where he earned a Mathematics diploma from Hadaf High School in Tehran. He first studied Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, but returned to Tehran and studied German language and literature at Tehran University. There, he attended Persian literature courses taught by Dr. Shafi'ee Kadkani and Dr. Ali Ravaghi.
In his youth, Safavi was accustomed to linguistic and philological debates, as his father would have such discussions with many notable people, such as Dr. Parviz Natel Khanlari.
Safavi received his Bachelor's degree in German Language in 1971, a Master's degree of Linguistics in 1979, and a Linguistics doctorate in 1993 from Tehran University.

Kourosh Safavi died on 11 August 2023, at the age of 67.

1981. Darâmad-i bar Zabânšenâsi . Tehran: Bongâh-e-Tarjomeh va Nashre-e Ketâb.
1982.Vâženâme-ye Zabânšenâsi . Tehran: Nashr-e- Mojarrad.
1988. Negâh-i be Pišine-ye Zabân-e Fârsi . Tehran: Nashr-e- Markaz.
1992. Haft Goftâr darbâre-ye Tarjome .Tehran: Nashr-e Markaz.
1994. Az Zabânšenâsi be Adabiyyât . Tehran: Nashr-e- Cheshmeh.
2000. Darâmad-i bar Ma’nišenâsi . Tehran: Pazhuheshgâh-e Farhang o Honar-e Eslâmi.
2001. Goftârhâ-yi dar Zabânšenâsi . Tehran: Hermes.
2001. Az Zabânšenâsi be Adabiyyât . Tehran: Pazhuheshgâh-e Farhang o Honar-e Eslâmi.
2001. Manteq dar Zabânšenâsi . Tehran: Pazhuheshgâh-e Farhang o Honar-e Eslâmi.
2003. Ma’nišenâsi-ye Kârbordi . Tehran: Hamshahri.
2006. Farhang-e Towsifi-ye Ma’nišenâsi . Tehran: Farhang-e Mo’âser.
2007. Âšnâyi bâ Ma’nišenâsi . Tehran: Pezhvak.
2007. Âšnâyi bâ Nezâmhâ-ye Neveštâri . Tehran; Pezhvak
2007. Âšnâyi bâ Târix-e Zabânšenâsi . Tehran: Pezhvak.
2007. Âšnâyi bâ Târix-e Zabânhâ-ye Irâni . Tehran: Pezhvak.
2006. Adabiyyât o Zabânšenâsi . Tehran: Anjoman-e `â’erân-e Irân.

Palmer, F.R. 1976. Semantics: A New Outline. K. Safavi. 1987. . Tehran, Nashr-e Markaz.
Gaur, A. 1986. A History of Writing- 1988 . Tehran: Nashr-e Markaz.
Bürgel, J. Ch. 1976. Drei Hafiz Studien- 1986. . Tehran: Nashr-e Markaz.
Jakobson, R. 1976. Main Trends in the Science of Language - 1997 Tehran: Hermes.
Chomsky, N.1968. Language and Mind - 1998 . Tehran: Hermes.
Saussure, F. de. 1916. Course de Linguistique Générale - 1998 . Tehran: Hermes.
Thrax, Dionysius, 2nd Century B.C. Tekhne Grammatike - 1998 . Tehran: Hermes.
Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie. - 1999 . Tehran: Hermes.
Gaarder, J.1992. Sofies Welt. K. Safavi - Tehran: Pazhuheshgâh-e Farhangi.
Culler, J.D. 1976. Ferdinand de Saussure - 2000. . Tehran: Hermes.
Chomsky, N. 1976. Language and Thought - 2000 . Tehran. Hermes.
Goethe, J.W. von.1819 West Östliches Diwan - 2000 . Tehran: Markaz-e-Goftogu-ye Tamaddonhâ and Hermes.
Collinge, N.E.. 1990. An Encyclopaedia of Language - 2005. . Tehran. So’âd.