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Mo'ayyeri |
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| Mohammad Hassan
Rahi Mo'ayyeri, whose pen name was Rahi, contemporary
composer of lyrics, is a very popular poet. He was born
in 1909. He used to work for the Ministry of Interior.
As an artist he had a taste for music and painting. Using
the pen name of Shah-e Parioon and Zaghcheh, in order
to complain from the social problems and to criticize
the circumstances he composed humorous poems for magazines.
He was influenced by the traditional poetry and as quite
evident in his poetry fully impressed by Hafiz, Mowlavi,
and Saadi in particular. As he was very fond of the latter
he composed his work as fluently and simply as him. That
is why some of his poems are so similar to those of Saadi
and Mowlavi. However, his style is distinguished from
the above poets by the new simile and interpretations
he introduces. He had a tendency toward romance in his
poems. The fine and gentle Indian Style particularly that
of Sa'eb Tabrizi's has clearly impressed the poet. Rahi
spent most of his times inside his private library, the
books of which he later donated to the National Assembly
Library. He also composed some couplets "mathnavi" that
include Creation of Woman, Shakhak Shamdani, The Heart
Treasure and Enemy and Friend. His couplets reveal his
creativity and talent. He died in 1968. |
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Etessami (1906-1941)
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| Parvin Etessami
who was one of the notable contemporary poets. Born in
Tabriz in 1906 She was urged to go on with composing poems
by Malk0 Sho'ara Bahar. She got married in 1934 and had
to move to Kermanshah. But got divorced after only two
months and returned to his home in Tehran. The bitter
experience of divorce inspired her to compose tragic poems
about being kind to children and the poor. Her father
taught her literature. She died at the age of 35. Her
poems are mostly focusing on ethics and social values.
Emotions are expressed in a unique way in her poetry.
Her words are sincere and sensational. Her most famous
poem is called "The Drunk and the Sober". He followed
the "Iraqi Style" in her poetry. Most of her poems are
in the form of debate. She died from typhoid fever in
1941 at the age of 35. |
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| Moshiri |
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| Freydoun Moshiri, was born
in 1926 in Tehran. He spent some time in Mashahd. He also
studied Persian Literature in Tehran University, but dropped
out to work for Ministry of Telecommunications. His talent
for poetry was revealed at the age of 18, when he had
his first poems printed in magazines. His first collection
of poems was "Not Found" or " Longing for Storm". His
other books included The Cloud, Believe the Spring Season,
Flying with the Sun, The Pearl of Love and Sin of the
Sea. Another book written by Moshiri is a selective quotations
of Abu-Said Abol-Kheyr, named "To Look in one Direction
and Equally". [Some lines missing] He died in 2000 of
cancer. |
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