# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadi_Shirazi Topics:: #poetry --- # Saadi Shirazi - Wikipedia Saadi Shīrāzī, better known by his pen name Saadi, also known as Sadi of Shiraz, was a Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 090223_223227 > > Saadi Shīrāzī[2] (Persian: ابومحمّد مصلح‌الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی), better known by his pen name Saadi (/ˈsɑːdi/;[3] Persian: سعدی, romanized: Saʿdī, IPA: [sæʔˈdiː]), also known as Sadi of Shiraz (سعدی شیرازی, Saʿdī Shīrāzī; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a Persian poet and prose writer[1][4] of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. >Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname "The Master of Speech" or "The Wordsmith" (استاد سخن ostâd-e soxan) or simply "Master" (استاد ostâd) among Persian scholars.