Persian poet
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Famous Iranian poet, songwriter Mohamad Ali Bahmani dies at 82
Tehran, IRNA – Famous Iranian poet and songwriter Mohamad Ali Bahmani died at the age of 82 in Tehran on Friday evening after a stroke.
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‘Hakim Nizami connecting link between world’s Persian speakers’
Tehran, IRNA - The ambassador of Tajikistan in Tehran has called Hakim Nizami or Nizami Ganjavi, the great Persian poet and novelist of the 12 century a connecting link between countries and nations of the region as well as Persian speakers elsewhere in the world.
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Funeral procession of acclaimed Iranian poet
The funeral procession for Shams Aghajani, a distinguished Iranian poet and veteran literary critic, took place on September 11, 2023, in front of the House of Artists in Tehran. (Photo by IRNA/Mohsen Vanaei)
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Remembering Persian Poet Saadi
The first day of the Iranian calendar month of Ordibehesht (April 21) has been named Saadi Day to commemorate the prominent 13th century Persian poet Saadi Shirazi. On Thursday and on the eve of the occasion, people put bunches of flowers on Saadi’s burial place in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran. April 20, 2023. IRNA/Reza Qaderi
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Rudaki, blind poet who played harp
Tehran, IRNA – Rudaki, the renowned Persian poet, singer, and musician used poetry as a means to express his philosophical thoughts and played the harp despite being blind.
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Khayyam's school of thought still inspiring globally
Tehran, May 18, IRNA - Persian poems by Omar Khayyam are still inspiring for the whole world because he has numerous fans around the globe and his quatrains formed a kind of global school of thought.