Q:Facts: - field: ancient iranian languages - doctoral advisor: mehdi aboulghasemi , mehrdad bahar - work institution: institute for humanities and cultural studies - awards: iran researcher of the year 's book of the year awards , iranian - birth date: 22 march 1943 - name: katayun mazdapour - nationality: iranian - birth place: yazd , yazd , iran - alma mater: university of tehran Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of katayun mazdapour .
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katayun mazdapour -lrb- persian : -rrb- -lrb- born march 22 , 1943 -rrb- is an iranian linguist and a leading researcher in the realm of old iranian languages .she studied in anoushiravan dadgar high school in tehran and received her bachelors , masters , and phd from the university of tehran .she was advised by mehdi aboulghasemi and co-advised by mehrdad bahar .in 1981 , she joined the institute for humanities and cultural studies as an assistant research professor and she retired as a professor in 2012 from the same institution .in 1997 , she won the title of iranian researcher of the year , because of her book '' the dialect of zoroastrians of yazd -lrb- in persian -rrb- '' .her book , '' word and its meaning , from middle persian to modern persian , '' won the prestigious award of iran 's book of the year awards .