According to Mehr News Agency, the Persian literature expert died of a heart attack on July 28, 2012.
Born in 1937 in the Iranian city of Miandoab, West Azarbaijan Province, Servatian got his PhD in Persian language and literature from the University of Tehran in 1975.
He published his first book about Shahnameh, the Persian epic masterpiece of 14th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi.
He conducted comprehensive research on Persian literary works and wrote about 70 books on masterpieces of classical and contemporary Persian literature by poets such as Hafez, Nezami, Attar, Shahriar, Nima Youshij and Sohrab Sepehri.
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