Jan, new set of of shamlu cds such as bagh ayneh, and qoqnus dar baran and some. Shamlou is also famous for many of his love poems, and also his tribute to forough farrokhzad, to say the least. Shamlou is known for employing the style and words of the everyman. Born into a military family, he spent an itinerant youth being transferred from one remote town to another, with schooling left unfinished.
Ahmad shamlou quotes author of literature from the axis of evil. Alishan ahmad shamlu is the primary, most prolific and most popular engage persian poet of postmosaddeq iran. The rebel poet in search of an audience leonardo p. December 12, 1925 july 24, 2000 was a persian poet, writer, and journalist. Ahmad shamlou was born on december 12, 1925, in tehran to a family that was to move around iran because of the duties of his father, who was an army officer. Prolixity in ahmad shamlous poetry international research. He became editorinchief of khushe in the first and second volumes of the book of alley went to print. This poem was written shortly after the 1979 revolution. Upon the plum beaus back ground of morning the rider is standing silent and perturbs his horses long mane in the wind. At one time, persian was a common cultural language of much of the nonarabic islamic world.
Ahmad shamlou was born to haydar shamlou and kowkab araqi on december 12, 1925, in rasht to an army family. The persian poet, also known by the surname shamloo, or in his homeland as ahmad samlu, occasionally used the pen name a. Hed been in a meet ing of male poets and they noticed me go by. Due to political unrest and oppression in iran, ayda and shamlu left iran temporarily in 1977. Shamloos poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is simple.
Ahmad shamlu 19252000 is among the most celebrated literary figures ofcontemporary iranian literature. The poetry that is life poem ahmad shamlu poems best poems. Therefore he received his primary education from the schools around iran. Manifesto, was published in there was a special gathering in toronto of iranian writers and critics to discuss shamlou s contribution to persian poetry. Ahmad shamlou, poet and translator of surrealist poets, had been considerably influenced by aragons work. Publication date 20200205 usage public domain mark 1. In this blind alley by ahmad shamlu 24 jul 2010 21. His father haydar was born in kabul, afghanistan and during his childhood he moved to tehran with family. In the manner of many children who grow up in families with military parents, he received his early education in various towns, including khash and zahedan in the. Ahmad shamlous collaboration in the cinema and the media. Contemporary persian and classical persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. Jul 28, 2000 with the death of ahmad shamlu, at the age of 74, iran has not only lost its greatest contemporary poet but also its most potent symbol of intellectual conscience againt tyranny and repression. But he has not mentioned or discussed the third period of his division which includes poets like ahmad shamlou, mehdi akhavansales, frough farrokhzad and sohrab sepehri. Critics have written, and write, volumes on shamlus poetry so i.
Vartan didnt say a word is a political poem by ahmad shamlou that underwent censorship because of being addressed to a political prisoner who was allegedly tortured to death by savak the intelligence and security agency of imperial iran. In 1938 shamlou left high school to enrol in the technical college of tehran. Jul 01, 2019 ahmad shamlu pdf don e araam translated by ahmad shamlu is published. It looks like we dont have any quotes for this title yet. Ahmad shamloo december 12, 1925july 24, 2000 is an iranian poet, author, journalist, researcher, translator and lexicographer. His initial poetr y was influenced by and in the tradition of nima youshij. He introduced him self and said his name was roque dalton, a salvadoran poet. A new collection of his poems, the garden of mirrors, whmad released in there was a special gathering in toronto of iranian writers and critics to discuss shamlou s contribution to persian poetry.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or lowquality. Her name, ayda, appears in many of his later poems. Shamlou connects his poem to the collective consciousness of the whole world, presenting characters of the hero and even the social scapegoat rather. I love you at the time, the flames of wrongburned the flower of your lips, my frozen eyes, tied to the locked gate. Cant you hear the sound of our sham,u chains clinking hey, look you fairies. The tree, the dagger and a memory 1965, constitute a distinct period in shamlus poetry. As the base, he uses the traditional imagery familiar to his iranian audience through the works of persian. Ahmad shamlous poetic vision accords with both western modernist concepts and the modern transformation of classical persian poetry. Ahmad shamlou december 12, 1925 july 24, 2000 persian. Apr 02, 2019 the poems debuted at this event appear in a voluminous book edited by shamlou. Ahmad shamlou simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ahmad was the second child and the only son in a family of six children. Shamlous first experience in filmmaking was in 1959 when he made a documentary about the climate and the people of sistanbaluchestan province in the southeast of iran. Born in 1925 in tehran he has published more than seventy books and has won numerous awards. An impassioned reader of aragon, shamlou adopted the aragonian style in his poems, to. It is still too early to pass judgment on either the pathfinder nima yushij or the settler ahmad shamlu. Like many children who grow up in army families, he received his. In most of his poems, shamlou uses and profits of repetition principle for creation of linguistic music and of harmony.
Shamlou s poetry is complex, yet his imagery which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems is simple. The tenants of a rundown building on the outskirts of tehran with no legal heir face major housing problems to deal with. In the barren expanse of his imagination he conversed with his mistress and wine living in an imaginary world he was a captive held by a beloveds f. Mar 05, 2002, the children poems section has been added. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern iran. Master poet of liberty a documentary about the most important modern iranian poet and intellectual icon. He wrote short stories, novels, plays, essays and poems. Today is ahmad shamlou s 92nd birthday, a blessed occasion to read one of his finest poems.
Ahmad shamlou december 12, 1925 july 24, 2000 was a persian poet, writer, and journalist. Ahmad shamlou was born to haydar shamlou and kowkab araqi on december 12, 1925 in tehran to an army family. Shamloo was arguably the most influential poet of modern iran. Translated from the persian by arthur lane and firoozeh papanmatin, and including an introduction and critical work by papanmatin. Inhe taught persian literature at tehran university. Shamlous poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is simple.
Poems of iranian poet, ahmad shamlou the dark song, translated to english by fanous bahadrvand upon the plum beaus back ground. Ahmad shamlou december 12, july 23, was an iranian poet, writer, and. His initial poetry was influenced by and in the tradition of nima youshij. New set of of shamlu cds such as bagh ayneh, and qoqnus dar baran and some books have been added to the book store. His third wife 1964, however, proved to be very different. A complete set of shamloo s poemsread ahmad shamloo s sweet poems in a beautiful iranianstyle decorated environmentfeatures. Shamlo u was arguably the most influential poe t of modern iran. Bamdad december 12, 1925 july 24, 2000 was a persian poet, writer, and journalist.
Apr 25, 2019 ahmad shamlou, also known under his pen name, alef bamdad, is among the following are 9 poems by ahmad shamlou and their english translations by. Mar 02, 2004 don e araam translated by ahmad shamlu is published. Pdf in this dead end poem by ahmad shamlu, translated. Nonetheless, he believes that during the third period, there are various literary trends due to the. His fame is due to his creativity in persian contemporary poetry especially a kind of free verse known in persian as sepid persian poetry literary meaning white or shamlooian poetry. The three poems that follow depict a moment of transition in the course of topical poetry in contemporary iran. Shamlou is partially a product of politics, although talented he was not an exceptional poet of hafez or saadi caliber. His main persona in this period is, to a great extent, jesus, and to a lesser one, moses. Tdqs in this blind alley final standards institute. She became an incredibly instrumental figure in shamlus life and remained with him until his death in 1999. Ahmad shamloo poems pdf ahmad shamlou, also known under his pen name, alef bamdad, is among the following are 9 poems by ahmad shamlou and their english translations by.
Ahmad shamlou ahmad shamlou 19252000 is recognized as one of irans greatest modern poets, writing in the new mode of expression pioneered by nima yushij. While critics in general view shamlus poetry as a mirror reflecting the stages of modernist persian poetics from nima yushij 18951960 onward, reza baraheni. He taught persian literature at tehran university in the poems debuted at this event appear in a voluminous book edited by shamlou. Jul 24, 2010 in this blind alley by ahmad shamlu 24 jul 2010 21. He claimed he was a descendant of an outlaw, and he turned me into a writer and a poet. At age 29, following the fall of prime minister mohammad mosaddeqshamlou was arrested for being a member of the communist tudeh party of iran and imprisoned for more than one year. Don e araam translated by ahmad shamlu is published.
Shamlou s poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is simple. The translation is from the original language persian into english. Download as docx, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. The poems of this collection, dating from the spring of 1961, along with the poems of the next collection, ayda. Media in category ahmad shamlou the following 16 files. The spanish poet, federico garcia lorca, the african american poet langston hughes, the french thinker and writer. The darksome swamp, rose lightly from sleep and with the useless and stagnant lullaby of the sea again sank into a dreamless sleep if possible, verify the text with references provided in the. Ahmad shamlou was born to haydar shamlou and kowkab araqi on december 12, 1925 in rasht to an army family. You must hide love in the closet in this crooked deadend, in the twisting cold they stoke fires with the kindling of anthems and poems to think is a danger dont.
Fresh air was the greatest event in our poetryafter hafez. Shamlou s poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes poema to the intensity of his poems, is simple. Today is ahmad shamlous 92nd birthday, a blessed occasion to read one of his finest poems. Investigating on shamloos poems from social prespectives. A lacanian reading of the poem of on chilliness inside by. December 12, 1925 july 23, 2000 was an iranian poet, writer, and journalist of azerbaijani ethnicity. Jun 30, 2019 ahmad was the second child and the only son in a family of six children.
He is widely known for bringing white poem to persian also. He taught persian literature at tehran university in life and poetry of ahmad shamlou. His poetry was initially very much influenced by and was in the tradition of nima youshij. Hope you like my translation of some of the iranian contemporary poets who are my favorites. Contemporary poet, writer and journalist, ahmad shamloo was a humanist and socially minded intellectual. The poems presented here, capture shamlus unique depictions of love. The separatists arrest him and his father for a short time. Shamlou is arguably the most influential poet of modern iran. Mar 02, don e araam translated by ahmad shamlu is published. There is no doubt, however, that at the end both will be recognized as founders of modern persian poetry sheri now, each contributing to a different aspect of the nascent form. The dark song, translated to english by fanous bahadrvand. Omar khayyam, but knew almost nothing of current poetry.