Hasan Amid

Hasan Amid

Hasan Amid
Born 1910
Iran Mashhad
Died 1979
Occupation Lexicographer, writer, journalist
Nationality Iranian
Notable works Amid Dictionary

Hasan Amid (Persian: حسن عمید‎‎; 1910–1979) was an Iranian lexicographer, writer, and journalist.

Life and activities

Hasan Amid was born in 1910 in Mashhad, Khorasan province of Iran. He completed his education in Mashhad, and became a member of Anjoman-e Adabi (انجمن ادبی; "the Literature Community"). He started his career in journalism, writing, and lexicography on those years. Among the most important activities of him in Mashhad city was management of Khorasan yearbook and Tus newspaper.

During the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, when the Soviet forces captured Mashhad, Amid was exiled to Tehran.


Hasan Amid spent decades of his life on research centering on dictionaries and lexicography. He wrote multiple Persian dictionaries in these years, the most notable being Amid dictionary (فرهنگ عمید Farhang-e Amid). He died in 1979.

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