MNA April 13 is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the great Persian poet, mystic, and philosopher Attar of Nishapur. Abu Hamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahim, also known as Farid ud-Din was born in the city of Nishpur (Neyshabur) located in the north-east of Iran. It is believed that he lived between c. 1145 c. 1221. Attar ...

IRNA - Iranian poet Forough-Ozzaman Farrokhzad under the pen name of Forough opened up a new chapter in the book of Persian female poets for courageously displaying emotions and feelings. Forough Farrokhzad (pronounced FOR-ugh Far-ROHK-zad) was born in Tehran on December 29, 1934. Her rise to fame was quite phenomenal if you realize her life ...

IRNA - Abolqasem Firdowsi Tusi (c. 9401020) has a unique role in preserving the ancient Persian language and literature with his valuable work 'Shahnameh' is honored as savior of national Iranian identity and glory of the past. Abolqasem Ferdowsi, the epic poet of Iran left a legacy of poetry for the posterity who, according to himself, no wind ...

Tasnim - Sohrab Sepehri was an Iranian poet, author and painter. He was one of the most important contemporary poets of Iran and his poems have been translated into many languages such as English, French, Spanish and Italian. Sohrab Sepehri was born on 15th of Mehr 1307 (October 1928). He lived in Kashan as a child in his great grand parents garden ...

ISNA � On the eve of Imam Hassan's birth anniversary, a group of poets, and literary and culture experts, met with Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei Wed. evening, May 30, 2018.  

IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a number of poets and literati late Wednesday. During the meeting, some poets recited their poems prior to the speech of the Supreme Leader. The meeting is also attended by several non-Iranian Persian-language poets. The meeting is being held at the night of ...

Financial Tribune- The recently published book by Cheshmeh Publication Sinbad Through the Journey of Death, is the first volume of interviews of late Persian poet, journalist and translator Ahmad Shamlou. It includes 44 interviews, almost all of them have Shamlou as the interviewee. Journalist and literary critic Ali Asghar Zarabi, poet and journalist ...

MNA Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has offered his condolences over the death of Habibollah Chaichian, the Iranian poet who was mostly famous for his compositions on Islamic rituals, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his household. I offer my condolences over the death of the poet of Quran and Prophets household, Mr. Habibollah ...

IRNA - Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with a number of poets from Iran and other countries on the occasion of Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba�s birthday anniversary on Saturday evening.  

Tasnim - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on poets to focus on poems satirizing the contemporary worlds strange and bitter facts, such as the US partnership with Saudi Arabia or the kingdoms election to the UN women's rights commission. A group of cultural figures, professors of the Persian literature and ...

IRNA - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a number of poets from Iran and other countries. The meeting was held on Saturday on the occasion of Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba�s (a.s.) birthday anniversary. �

IRNA- A selection of Ahmad Shamlous poems, translated to Arabic by Maryam Heydari and edited by the Egyptian Public Authority for Culture Houses, has been published in the North African country. According to a report by IRNA, Egypts Al-Rai wrote that this collection of poems, called Hadiqat al-Maraya [The Garden of Mirrors], acquaints the reader ...

Saadi Foundation recently hosted 250 Persian language learners from 41 countries who became surprised to find out the distance between the preconceptions formed in their minds by foreign media outlets and the truth that was revealed to them by visiting Iran, learning its language, and tasting its national dishes. Basically, when you pay a visit ...

SHIRAZ (Tasnim) � The southern Iranian city of Shiraz, as one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the country, attracts thousands of Iranian and foreign visitors thanks to its picturesque gardens, historical monuments and ancient sites as well as the mausoleums of great poets it hosts. By Tasnim News Agency

Iran has bid farewell to poet Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, one of the most prominent Iranian literary figures. The eminent poet and translator was laid to rest following a funeral procession in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Many distinguished literary figures and artists attended Sepanlous funeral, including writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, translators Asadollah ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Wednesday commemorated Sheikh Farid ud-Din Attar Nishabouri, a highly revered 12th-century philosopher and mystic, who is more known both in and outside Iran for his instinctive taste and power of poetry. Large numbers of Iranian and foreign guests convened in ceremonies in Attar's hometown Nishabour (also known as Neyshabour) ...

Iran has marked the national Attar Day to commemorate the prominent mystic 13th-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar Neishabouri.   By Tasnim News Agency

[caption id="attachment_155744" align="alignright" width="224"] Iranian poetess, Parvin Etesami[/caption] Tehran, March 16, IRNA The March 16 is marked as Parvin Etesami Day in the Iranian calendar to commemorate the most celebrated female Iranian poetess. Parvin was born on March 16, 1907 in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan province. According to ...