Mansour Hedayati
Born	(1951-01-24)January 24, 1951 Savadkuh County, Mazandaran, Iran
Died	February 9, 2009(2009-02-09) (aged 58) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation(s)	Poet, author, social critic

Mansour Hedayati (Persian: منصور هدایتی: Mansour Hedāyati) (January 24, 1951 – February 9, 2009) was an Iranian poet, author, social critic from Mazandaran Province. He mostly wrote naturalistic, social and critical poems in Persian and Mazandarani Language. Some of his poems have been published in some native journals and magazines.

Hedayati was born in Velila, Savadkuh County, and was the son of the "Hedayat", the village's nobleman. He also was ideologically a Reformist poet who his works deal with idealistic and naturalistic reform of human society.

Early life

Childhood and education

Mansour Hedayati son of "Hedayat" born on January 24, 2016, in a village called Velila in Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province of Iran.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Mansour Hedayati died in 2009 of a brain cancer in a hospital in Tehran.^{[citation needed]}