Iran's Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia highlighted the influence of the Iranian classical poet, Hafez Shirazi, on German and Austrian poet.

Iran Press/Europe: "We commemorate Day of Hafez Shirazi, world-famous Persian poet & mystic," Abbas Bagherpour tweeted. 

"#Goethe who wrote West-Eastern Divan, being inspired by Hafez enigmatic ghazals, is owed to #Hammer_Purgstall of Austria for the first German translation of complete Divan of Hafez," he added.

This year October 11 is honored as Hafez Day in Iran to commemorate Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafiz Shirazi, better known as 'Hafiz', the 14th-century lyric poet of Persian classical literature.

Hafiz is regarded as the most influential Persian poets of all time. It can be said that he is one of the most beloved poets among Persians. 

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