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Ferdowsi
939
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1020
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Ferdowsi (940-1025) was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh, which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.