Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Logo of Academy of Persian Language and Literature
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| Formation | May 20, 1935 |
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| Purpose | regulatory body of the Persian language |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
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Membership
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Around 300 persons |
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President
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Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel |
| Website | Academy of Persian Language and Literature website |
Iran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Persian: فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی) formerly known as Academy of Iran (Persian: فرهنگستان ایران) is the official regulatory body of the Persian language, founded on May 20, 1935 by the initiative of Reza Shah and headquartered in Tehran, Iran. The academy acts as the official authority on the language, contributes to linguistic research on Persian and other languages of Iran.
The first academy of Persian language and literature was established in May 20, 1935, under the name Academy of Iran by the initiative of Reza Shah and mainly by Mohammad Ali Foroughi and Hekmat Shirazi, all prominent names in nationalism movement and the literature of the period, similar to Atatürk's Turkish Language Association in 1932. Ferdowsi in fact was a motivation behind Reza Shah, who established Iran's academy of Persian language and literature, in order to attempt to remove Arabic and French words from the Persian language, replacing them with suitable Persian alternatives. In 1934, Reza Shah ordered to rebuild Ferdowsi's tomb and set up a ceremony in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, celebrating a thousand years of Persian literature since the time of Ferdowsi, titled Ferdowsi Millenary Celebration (Persian: جشن هزاره فردوسی), inviting notable European as well as Iranian scholars.
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