Mehrdad Avesta was born in 1929, in
Borujerd. Born to a family of artistic history, he was also greatly interested in art, so he started writing poems from early ages, which were also published. He got his degree in Theology, and then studied philosophy. Along his formal education, he started working as a teacher. Besides, he served in prison for 7 years as a political prisoner, because of his poems against the
Pahlavi Regime. He got married twice, in 1953 and 1965, and had a son and 3 daughters. He received some practices under supervision of Mone, Russel,
Sartre, and
Jamalzadeh. He toured around the world, visiting different countries and different people, giving speeches and receiving education in philosophy and theosophy. He had worked as a poetry judge in Music part of
Ministry of Culture with
Ahmad NikTalab and other famous
Persian poets in
Vahdat Hall of
Tehran. He died at the age of 62 because of
heart attack, and is buried in
Behesht-e Zahra in the Artists section. ==Notable teachers==