page_title: Hafez
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Hafez / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: Hafez, detail of an illumination in a Persian manuscript of the Divan of Hafez, 18th century; in the British Library, London. فارسی: تصویر چهرهٔ حافظ از نسخه‌ای خطی از دیوان حافظ.
context_page_description: Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi or Hafez is a Persian poet. Hafez was born in Shiraz, Iran. Hafez learnt the Quran by heart at an early age. His poems are collected in Divan e Hafez. William Jones translated his work into English in 1771.
context_section_description: Despite his profound effect on Persian life and culture and his enduring popularity and influence, few details of his life are known, and particularly about his early life there is a great deal of more or less mythical anecdote. Some of the early tazkeras (biographical sketches) mentioning Hafez are generally considered unreliable. One early document discussing Hafez' life is the preface of his Divān, which was written by an unknown contemporary of Hafez whose name may have been Moḥammad Golandām. The generally accepted modern edition of Hafez's Divān is known as Qazvini-Ḡani, edited by Moḥammad Qazvini and Qāsem Ḡani.
caption: Hafez, detail of an illumination in a Persian manuscript of the Divan of Hafez, 18th century
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