Arsalan Pouria ( fa, ارسلان پوریا) (1930-4 June 1994) was an Iranian poet and playwright who believed in

archaism In language, an archaism (from the grc, ἀρχαϊκός, ''archaïkós'', 'old-fashioned, antiquated', ultimately , ''archaîos'', 'from the beginning, ancient') is a word, a sense of a word, or a style of speech or writing that belongs to a hi ...

. He thought that Iranian old ideas and traditions are so important in constructing modern Iran. He has a special interest in old Iranian mythology and epics. In his works, he used Iranian old poet,

Ferdowsi Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...

’s idea. But he didn’t use Ferdowsi’s poems exactly. Instead of that, he used stories in Shahnameh, and made new poems based on those stories. One of his important works was “Bahram’s weapon”. This work is about the battle between Iranians and Turanians. In this battle, Iran is defeated and Bahram keep fighting for returning the crown back. But between these struggles, He loses his weapon.Khalaj, Mansoor. (1992). ''Iranian Playwrights''. Tehran: Akhtaran. . pp.103-110

Selected works

*The tragedy of Afshin (1957) *The tragedy of Cambyses (1958) *Arash the bowman (1959) *The song of freedom (1960) *Bahram's weapon (1969)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pouria, Arsalan 1930 births 1994 deaths Iranian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century dramatists and playwrights Scholars of Persian literature Shahnameh Researchers Philosophy in Iran