Dr. Mashallah Ajoudani
Dr. Mashallah Ajoudani was born in 1950 in Amol in northern Iran. He spent his elementary and high school years in Amol, and in 1972 was admitted by the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tehran to study Persian language and literature. He later also received a doctorate in Persian language and literature from the University of Tehran. His doctoral dissertation focused on the study of the styles of constitutional poetry.
For seven years, Ajoudani was an official member of the faculty at the University of Isfahan, Iran and an instructor at the Department of Persian Language and Literature in the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, where he taught texts of ancient Iranian literature and contemporary literature.
In January 1987, Ajoudani moved to London with his family and continued his cultural and literary work. Dr. Ajoudani’s first book, titled “The Iranian Constitution and the Background of the Theory of Velayat-e Faqih, a Critique and Study of the History of the Constitution and the Historiography of that Period,” was published in London in 1997. The book, which has also been titled “Iranian Constitution,” has thus far been reprinted twelve times.
His second book titled, “Either Death or Renewal,” is a book on constitutional poetry and literature, published in 2002 in London. This book has been reprinted five times.
His third book, “Guidance, The Blind Owl, and Nationalism, on Literary Criticism, The Blind Owl Critique, and Its Structure” was published in 2006 in London. This book has also been published three times.
Dr. Ajoudani is currently the Director of the Library of Iranian Studies and a member of its Board of Trustees in London. The library was founded by him in 1991.
d songs, most of which were among the most popular songs of the time. He also composed soundtracks for tens of films. His reputation as soundtrack composer greatly helped the popularity and sales of films.
Monfaredzadeh left Iran for the United States in one year after the Islamic Revolution, to protest the persecution of dissidents. He has not returned to Iran since then and during this time he has composed about 20 songs and soundtracks.
