Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi known by his pen name Hafez (Hafiz), was born in the early fourteenth century and is one of the most celebrated Persian poets. His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are often found in the homes of people in the Persian-speaking world, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings.
His influence on Persian speakers appears in divination by his poems and in the frequent use of his poems in Persian traditional music, visual art, and Persian calligraphy. His tomb is visited often. Adaptations, imitations and translations of his poems exist in all major languages.

Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi known by his pen name Hafez (Hafiz), was born in the early fourteenth century and is one of the most celebrated Persian poets. His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are often found in the homes of people in the Persian-speaking world, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings.
His influence on Persian speakers appears in divination by his poems and in the frequent use of his poems in Persian traditional music, visual art, and Persian calligraphy. His tomb is visited often. Adaptations, imitations and translations of his poems exist in all major languages.