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| Akhavan Sales |
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| The critics as one of the
best contemporary poets consider Mehdi Akhavan Sales.
He is one of the pioneers of Free Verse (New Style Poetry)
in Persian literature, particularly of modern style epics.
Born in 1928, in Mashad, Khorassan Province, he finished
secondary school there. He resided in Tehran in 1949.
Akhavan was a teacher and a journalist. He wrote some
literary essays for the Radio. His first book of poems
"Arghanoon" was published in 1952. His other works include
The End of Shahnameh. The best Hope, Romance and Blue,
Yooshij's Novelty and the Cold Hell. When he entered the
world of literature, he decided to look for novelty. His
ambition, for a long time, was to introduce a fresh style
in the Persian poetry. Reading Nima's poems, as he initially
fails to comprehend them, he defies them. However after
leaving his hometown for Tehran he personally gets acquainted
with Nima and trying to explore his style, he realizes
the fact that he can express himself more efficiently
through Nima's style. That is when his style is transformed
to one fully impressed by his. During his youth and early
years of his career as a poet he had always been looking
for a novelty in the styles of Persian poetry. Akhavan
composed new style epics and social poems. |
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| Although some of his poems
are of traditional style, what introduces him as "the
holder and creator of a new style" is his collection of
new poems such as "Winter". Akhavan, being a literary
critic, is the first celebrity to analyze and scrutinize
Nima's poetry. Analyzing his poems technically, he seemingly
has best understood Nima's poems. Like Ferdowsi and Nasser
Khossrow, Akhavan has an epical tone. He also has demonstrated
his capability to compose poems in classic style. He has
played a pivotal role in the Persian contemporary literature.
As the writer of odes, he has composed some Ghassidehs
(elegiac poems) and Mathnavies (couplets), which are indicative
of his relevant skill and capability. He died in 1990
in Tehran. His tomb is in Mashad, near Ferdowsi's grave. |
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