Occupation Linguist,Translator,University professor Known for Authorship, Translation | ||
Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Borghei Modarres; July 2, 1986 is an Iranian linguist, critic, cineast and Religious Scholar. He is son of Ayatollah Seyyed Reza Borghei Modarres one of the apostles and companions of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who has died on March 5, 2016.
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Early life
He was born in Tehran, Iran in 1986. His father, Ayatollah Seyyed Reza Borghei was the representative of Ayatollah Khomeini in the Persian Gulf countries. Therefore, he lived his childhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At the beginning of his primary school they moved to Qom. Before finishing primary school he won the 3rd place in National Scientific Olympiad in Iran and after that he passed the entrance examination for the school of special talented students under the supervision of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents.
Education and Career
He got his bachelor's degree of English language and literature and master's degree of Linguistics and continued his studies in the field of Linguistics for getting his doctorate. During the course of his education, he participated in Dramaturgy courses and Theatre direction courses and experienced filmmaking and acting in short movies. He has also written some plays for other directors. He started to lecture in universities from 2010. Several translations, compilations and writings of him have been published on language, linguistics, semiotics, translation, and religious and Qur'anic studies in different languages. His last publication was translation of the book "Stylistics, A practical Coursebook" which has been published in Elmi Farhangi Publication. Most of his studies have been focused on English, Arabic and Persian. Now, he is a faculty member of language, linguistics and translation department in the Research Center for Proximity Studies and he is the vice editor in chief and managing editor of the journals "Quran and Linguistic Studies" under the supervision of University of Science and education of the Holy Quran and "Risalatut Taqrib" under the supervision of the World Assembly for Approximation of Islamic Schools of thought.