TEHRAN – Iranian scholar Parviz Marzban, famous for his translation of books on visual arts, died of natural causes on Thursday in Tehran. He was 96.
Born in 1917 in Tehran, Marzban was known as the living encyclopedia of visual arts.
Marzban was a graduate of English language, and began to teach Persian language and literature as well as French and English in Tehran high schools when he was 20. He also taught history and art criticism at Iranian universities for over 30 years.
Moreover, he had translated several books into Persian.
Among the books are “Varieties of Visual Experience” by Edmund Burke Feldman, “Meaning of Beauty” by Eric Newton, “The Story of Civilization” by Will and Ariel Durant, and “The Arts of Persia” by R.W. Ferrier, and “History of Art” by Anthony F. Janson.
He also wrote several books including “Pictorial Dictionary of Visual Arts” and “Summary of History of Art”.
Marzban was honored for his translation of “The Arts of Persia” by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance a few years ago.
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