Esmaeel Azar or Amir Esmaeel Azar (born 9 December 1944,
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
,
Iran)
[
] is a professor of
Persian literature and director of the Department of
Persian Language at the
, and director of the ''Farhangban'' Cultural and Artistic Institute. He also works as a presenter and expert on literary programs on Iran television, including the famous program called "Watching the Oath and the Beginning of the Word" (Poetry-related TV program).
[
] He is a member of Art commission at the
Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution
The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR; fa, شورای عالی انقلاب فرهنگی, shoraye a'ali enqelabe farhangi) is a conservative-dominated body based in Qom, set up at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini. Its decisions can ...
, Director of Persian Literature Department at the
Economic Cooperation Organization, Member of the Naming Committee at the
National Organization for Civil Registration of Iran, member of the scientific commissions of the Public Libraries of Iran and a member of the board of directors of the Comparative Literature Association of Iran.
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Personal life
He was born on 9 December 1944,
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
, Isfahan Province, Iran. Her mother was the first principal of a girls' high school in Isfahan and knew French language well, and her father was a government employee. He grew up in a family of six and has two sisters and a brother. He lived in Isfahan until he was 22 years old and after that he came to
Tehran to continue his education.
[
] He got married at the age of 30 and has a child named ''Amir Hossein''.
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Educations and careers
He completed his primary and secondary education at ''Hatef'' Primary and Secondary School in Isfahan and then studied at the University of Isfahan in one of the fields of medicine called Radiation therapy, but due to lack of interest he left school and came to Tehran. He fell in love with music and went to the Conservatory of music in Tehran, where he played the ''Golha'' (means flowers) Orchestra for many years. He also taught music for a while, but according to his mother's will, he did not make music his livelihood and considered it as an art in life. In 2001, he played pieces with Jalil Shahnaz. Then he studied English Language field, but this did not enrich him either. Hafez's poems attracted him to Persian literature and he decided to continue his university education in this field. He received a master's degree in Comparative literature and then a doctorate in Persian language and literature.[
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He joined the radio at the age of 18 and began making programs for it.[
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He has also performed on Iranian television since 1992 as a host of poetry programs.[
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So far, he has worked as a scientific advisor and head of the Department of Persian Language and Literature at Iran Universities and a professor of Persian literature and director of the Department of Persian Language and Literature of some institutions.[
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He has also published many books in the field of Persian literature and has participated in international congresses as a translator and has translated some books into Persian.[
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Bibliography
* Saadi Shenasi (title means ''Recognition of Saadi''), 1996[
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* Jane Jahan – Majmooe Soroudehaye Shaerane Moaser Dar Manghebate emame Asheghan (title means ''The Spirit of World – a collection of poems by contemporary poets in the praise of Imam of lovers''), 1999[
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* Mirase Eshgh, Jameh Shere Ashoura Ba Moghaddameye Mofassal Piramoon Dar Shere Dini (title means ''The Legacy of Love, a comprehensive Ashura
Ashura (, , ) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Among Shia Muslims, Ashura is observed through large demonstrations of high-scale mourning as it marks the ...
poem with a detailed introduction to religious poetry''), 2002[
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* Adabiate Iran Dar Adabiate Jahan (title means ''Iranian literature in world literature''), 2008[
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* Tarikhe Hezar Saleye Shere Farsi Darbareye Imam Reza (title means ''The thousand-year history of Persian poetry about Imam Reza
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the e ...
''), 2008[
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* Khorshide Khorasan – Tarikh Va Jameh Shere Imam Reza (title means ''The Sun of Khorasan – History and comprehensive poetry about Imam Reza
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the e ...
''), 2008[
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* Shokouhe Eshgh: Tarikh Va Shere Ashura (title means ''The Glory of Love: History and Poetry of Ashura
Ashura (, , ) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Among Shia Muslims, Ashura is observed through large demonstrations of high-scale mourning as it marks the ...
''), 2009[
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* Ebratgahe Tarikh: Sargozashthaye Khandani Va Ebrat Amouze Tarikhe Iran (title means ''History lesson: readable and instructive stories of Iranian history''), 2010[
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* Tasire Hafez Bar Adabiate Gharb (title means ''The influence of Hafez on West literature''), 2011[
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* Daneshnameye Nowrouz (title means '' Nowruz Encyclopedia''), 2011[
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* Hafez Dar Ansouye Marzha: Pazhouheshi Dar Adabiate Tatbighi (title means '' Hafez Across Borders: A Study in Comparative Literature''), 2011[
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* Avaye Pahlevani: Morouri Bar Tarikhe Ayyari Va Javanmardi Dar Iran (title means ''The Voice of Heroism: A Review of the History of Chastity and Manliness in Iran''), 2013[
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* Elahi Nameye Attar Dar Nazariyeye Neshaneh, Manashenasi Alzhir Germes Va Sheklshenasie Gérard Genette (title means ''Theological Letter of Attar
Attar or Attoor ( ar, عطار, ) may refer to:
People
*Attar (name)
*Fariduddin Attar, 12th-century Persian poet
Places
*Attar (Madhya Pradesh), the location of Attar railway station, Madhya Pradesh, India
*Attar, Iran, a village in Razavi Kho ...
in sign theory, semantics of Algirdas Greimas
Algirdas Julien Greimas (; born ''Algirdas Julius Greimas''; 9 March 1917 – 27 February 1992) was a Lithuanian literary scientist who wrote most of his body of work in French while living in France. Greimas is known among other things for th ...
and Gérard Genette
Gérard Genette (7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and such figures as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of ''bricolage ...
's morphology''), 2014[
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* Qoran Dar Shere Parsi (title means '' Quran in Persian poetry''), 2015[
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Compilation
* Nasimi Az Bokhara: Gozideh Ashare Roudaki (title means ''A Breeze from Bukhara
Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region.
People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
: Selection of Rudaki poems''), 2010[
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* Ketabe Moshaereh (title means ''Book of Poetry''), 2011[
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* Sarzamine Nowrouz: Pishineh, Adab va Rosum (title means '' Nowruz Land: Background, customs''), 2011[
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Translations
* Eshtiagh (Persian Translation of Poetry named ''Desire from Kahlil Gibran''), 1989[
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* Shahkarhaye Adabie Jahan (Persian Translation of ''Masterpieces of World Literature by Frank Northen Magill''), 2009[
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Cooperations
* Farsi Omoumi (title means ''General Persian''), 2008[
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* Divane Hafez (title means ''The Divan of Hafez''), 2011[
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* Hemasehaye Maktabi (title means ''The Doctrine Epics''), 2011[
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* Robaeeyate Hakim Omar Khayyam 5 Zabane -Farsi, Arabi, Englisi, Faranse, Almani- (title means ''Quartet of Hakim Omar Khayyam 5 languages - Persian, Arabic, English, French, German-''), 2012[
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* Moshaereh: Bargozideyi Az Zibatarin Sherhaye Adabe Farsi (title means ''Poetry: A selection of the most beautiful poems of Persian literature''), 2015[
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* Matamkadeye Oshagh (title means ''The Mourning-house of Lovers''), 2017[
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* Ganjineye Chehrehaye Derakhshane Shero Adab Va Honare Esfahan Beh Enzemame Esfahan Dar Ayineye Zaman Az Gharne Panjom Ta Asre Hazer (title means ''The treasure of brilliant figures of Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
poetry, literature and art, including Isfahan in the mirror of time from the fifth century to the present''), 2017[
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* Esfahan Dar Ayineye Zaman (title means ''Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
in the mirror of time''), 2019[
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Articles
* Seyri Dar Nowrouz (title means ''A Cruise in Nowruz''), 1987[
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* Bahse Tatbighi Piramoone Niayesh Dar Haft Khane Rostam (title means ''Comparative discussion about prayer in Rostam's Seven Labours''), 1988[
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* Day Mah Va Adabiate Farsi (title means ''Dey (month)
Dey ( fa, دی, ) is the tenth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. It marks the start of winter. It has thirty days, beginning in December and ending in January of the Gregorian Calendar.
The associat ...
and Persian literature''), 1989[
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* Hekayate Natamam (title means ''Unfinished story''), 2005[
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* Danteh Va Tasir Pazirie Ou Az Manabe E Sharghi (title means '' Dante and his influence from Eastern sources''), 2008[
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* Maghame Ensan Dar Adabiat Ba Negaresh Beh Qorane Majid (title means ''The position of man in literature with an attitude towards the Holy Quran''), 2008[
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* In Farah Zakhm Ast Va An Gham Marham (title means ''This joy is a wound and that sorrow is an ointment''), 2008[
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* Roudaki Va Chawsar (title means '' Rudaki and Chaucer''), 2009[
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* Negahi Beh Ravanshenasie Chehreh Dar Daneshnameye Hakim Meisari; Kohantarin Sanade Pezeshkie Jahan (title means ''A look at facial psychology in Hakim Meysari encyclopedia; The oldest medical document in the world''), 2009[
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* Kohantarin Sanade Pezeshki Dar Ravanshenasie Chehreh "Dar Shere Farsi" (title means ''The oldest medical document in facial psychology "in Persian poetry"''), 2009[
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* Hafez Dar Gharb (title means '' Hafez in West''), 2010[
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* Seire Tatavvore Vajeye Adab Ba Takid Bar Seh Gharne Avvale Hijri (title means ''The evolution of the word literature with emphasis on the first three centuries AH''), 2010[
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* Tasir Pazirieh Adabiate Oroupa Va Amrica Az Hafez (title means ''Influence of European and American literature from Hafez''), 2010[
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* Rikhtshenasie Gonbade Sorkh Dar Haft Peykare Nezamie Ganjavi (title means ''Morphology of the Red Dome in the Haft Peykar of Nizami Ganjavi''), 2011[
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* Baztabe Jashne Mehregan Dar Ghasyede Shaerane Asre Ghaznavi -Bar Asase Dadehaye Amari- (title means ''Reflection of Mehregan Festivity in the poems of Ghaznavids
The Ghaznavid dynasty ( fa, غزنویان ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic ''mamluk'' origin, ruling, at its greatest extent, large parts of Persia, Khorasan, much of Transoxiana and the northwest ...
poets -based on statistical data-''), 2012[
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* Sedahaye Zaeef Faravanand (title means ''Weak sounds abound''), 2013[
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* Shere Eteraz Dar Masire Nazariehaye Pasa Estemary (title means ''Poetry of protest in the path of postcolonial theories''), 2014[
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* Romanticism, Realism Va Symbolism Dar Shere Manouchehr Atashi (title means '' Romanticism, Realism
Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to:
In the arts
*Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts
Arts movements related to realism include:
*Classical Realism
*Literary realism, a move ...
and Symbolism in Manouchehr Atashi's Poetry''), 2014[
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* Barresie Karkarde Revayie Dow Hekayat Az Elahi Nameye Attar Bar Asase Nazariyeye Germes Va Genette (title means ''Investigating the validity of two anecdotes from Attar
Attar or Attoor ( ar, عطار, ) may refer to:
People
*Attar (name)
*Fariduddin Attar, 12th-century Persian poet
Places
*Attar (Madhya Pradesh), the location of Attar railway station, Madhya Pradesh, India
*Attar, Iran, a village in Razavi Kho ...
's divine letter based on Greimas
Algirdas Julien Greimas (; born ''Algirdas Julius Greimas''; 9 March 1917 – 27 February 1992) was a Lithuanian literary scientist who wrote most of his body of work in French while living in France. Greimas is known among other things for t ...
and Genette theory''), 2014[
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* Nokhostin Shaerane Tasirgozar Dar Gharb -Saadi, Khayyam, Ferdowsi- (title means ''The first influential poets in the West - Saadi, Khayyam, 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 ...
-''), 2014[
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* Tasir Pazirie Oroupa Az Andishehaye Nezami (title means ''European influence of Nizami's ideas''), 2015[
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* Tasire Shahnameye Ferdowsi Dar Alman (title means ''The influence of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh in Germany''), 2015[
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* Naghshe Shaeran Dar Bohrane Hoviate Melli (title means ''The role of poets in the crisis of national identity''), 2015[
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* Doori Az Selseleye Tekrar Dar Khaneshe Matn/ Ketabe Sowti Ra Bayad Az Koodaki Amouzesh Dad/ Ketabe Gooya Bayad Ba Sedaye Yek Artist Bashad (title means ''Avoid repetition in reading text/ audiobook should be taught from childhood/ audiobook should be with the voice of an artist''), 2015[
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* Tahlili Bar Nazariehaye Binamatnit Genti (title means ''An Analysis of Binamatnit Genti's Theories''), 2016[
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* Aseman Show Abr Show Baran Bebar (title means ''Be the sky Be the cloud Make the rain''), 2016[
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* Harfha Va Naghlha (title means ''Letters and quotes''), 2016[
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* Ensan Mehvare Norouz (title means ''Human is center of Nowruz''), 2016[
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* Shaeran; Setayeshgare Bahar (title means ''Poets; Spring Adorer''), 2016[
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* Ketabshenasie Fergheye Ahle Hagh "Yarsan" (title means ''Bibliography of the Ahle Hagh "Yarsan" Sect''), 2016[
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* Osturehaye Farhangsaz -Peyvande Ostureha Ba Shakhsiathaye Mazhabi Dar Shere Manghebat- (title means ''Culture-making myths (linking myths with religious figures in Manqabat poetry)''), 2016[
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* Moarrefi Va Tahlile Noskhehaye Khattie Fergheye Ahle Hagh (title means ''Introduction and analysis of manuscripts of the Ahle Hagh "Yarsan" Sect''), 2016[
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* Zendegie Akhlaghi Bar Asaseh Matne Ghabousnameh -Gharneh Panjome Hejri- (title means ''Moral life based on the text of Qabus-Nama -fifth century AH-''), 2017[
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* Tasir Pazirieh Shamse Maghrebi Az Qorane Majid (title means ''Holy Quran Impact on Shams Maghribi''), 2017[
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* Rikhtshenasie Propp Va Hekayate Elahi Nameye Attar (title means '' Propp's morphology and anecdotes of Attar
Attar or Attoor ( ar, عطار, ) may refer to:
People
*Attar (name)
*Fariduddin Attar, 12th-century Persian poet
Places
*Attar (Madhya Pradesh), the location of Attar railway station, Madhya Pradesh, India
*Attar, Iran, a village in Razavi Kho ...
's theology''), 2018[
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* Revayatshenasie Hekayathaye Kelileh Va Demneh Dar Sathe Dastan Ba Tekyeh Bar Hekayate Padeshah Va Brahmanan (title means ''Narratology of Kalila and Demna
The ''Panchatantra'' (IAST: Pañcatantra, ISO: Pañcatantra, sa, पञ्चतन्त्र, "Five Treatises") is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. stories at the level of the story based on the story of the king and Brahmans''), 2018[
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* Tajallie Erfan Dar Andisheye Najmoddine Razi (title means ''Manifestation of mysticism in Najm al-Din Razi
Abū Bakr 'Abdollāh b. Moḥammad b. Šahāvar b. Anūšervān al-Rāzī ( fa, نجمالدین رازی) commonly known by the ''laqab'', or sobriquet, of Najm al-Dīn Dāya, meaning "wetnurse" (573 AH/1177 – 654 AH/1256) was a 13th-cent ...
's thought''), 2019[
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* Vijegihaye Sabkie Shere Arefaneye Shamse Maghrebi -Arefe Gharne Hashtom- (title means ''Stylistic features of Shams Maghribi mystical poetry -eighth century mystic-''), 2019[
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* Karbaste Nazarieh Neshaneh Shenasie Michael Riffaterre Dar Tahlile Shere "Shabi Dar Harame Qods" E Rahi Mo'ayyeri (title means ''Application of Michael Riffaterre's semiotic theory in the analysis of the poem "A Night in the Holy Shrine" by Rahi Mo'ayyeri
Rahi Mo'ayeri ( رهی معیری in Persian) (April 30, 1909 – November 15, 1968) né: Mohammad Hasan Mo'ayyeri (محمد حسن معیری in Persian), was an Iranian poet and musician.
He was born into an artistic and musical family ...
''), 2019[
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* Revayat Shenasie Dastane Khajeh Neman Bar Asase Nazariyeye Todorof (title means ''Narratology of Khajeh Neman's story based on Todorov theory''), 2019[
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* Ramzgoshyie Khanandeh Darune Matn, Dar Dastane Sheikhe SanAn (title means ''Decoding the reader in the text, in the story of Sheikh San'Aan
"Sheikh San'Aan" or "San'Aan"
is the title of a Persian mystical poem written by the Persian Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar. "Sheikh San'Aan" is the longest story in the book '' The Conference of the Birds''.
Synopsis
Sheikh San'Aan, an old ...
''), 2019[
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* Tahlile Onsore Darun Maye Dar Panj Asare Defae Moghaddas Ba Tekieh Bar Moalefehaye Paydari (title means ''Theme element analysis in five works of sacred defense based on the components of stability''), 2020[
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* Tahlile Namayeshnameye Manfred Asare Lord Byron Bar Asase Tasir Paziri Az Adabiate Parsi Va Sharghi (title means ''Analysis of Lord Byron's play Manfred
''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction.
Byr ...
based on the influence of Persian and Oriental literature''), 2020[
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See also
* Manuchehr Anvar
Manuchehr Anvar ( fa, منوچهر انور; born 13 October 1928) is a Persian writer, editor, translator, director and former BBC radio presenter''.
Translations
Into Persian
* ''A Doll's House'' by Henrik Ibsen
Into English
* ''Kalat ...
* Tahereh Saffarzadeh
Tahereh Saffarzadeh ( fa, طاهره صفارزاده , 1936 in Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran – October 25, 2008 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian poet, writer, translator and prominent university professor.
Education
She received her BA in E ...
* Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee
''Democracy or DemoCrazy'' is a political satire novel wrote by Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee in Persian and translated to English by Caroline Croskery. ''Democracy or DemoCrazy'' was published by Candle and Fog Publishing in 2014. This book also publish ...
* Ahad Gudarziani
Ahad Gudarziani (or Ahmad Gudarziani) is a writer, researcher and journalist who is known for his resistance literature works in Iran. He was honored at the Second and Third ''Celebration of Sacred Defense Journalists and Writers Conference'' fo ...
* Masoumeh Abad
Masoumeh Abad ( fa, معصومه آباد; born 5 September 1962) is an Iranian author, university professor, and conservative politician.
She was a member of the fourth Islamic City Council of Tehran and it's Director of Health Division. Abad ...
* Ahmad Dehqan
* Akbar Sahraee
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
References
External links
Analysis of Manfred's play by Lord Byron based on influence... By Esmaeel Azar
Dr. Esmaeel Azar on Iran TV
Dr. Azar reciting poetry on Yalda night in Iran TV
Dr. Esmaeel Azar english articles on SID
Dr. Esmaeel Azar english articles on Researchgate
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1944 births
Living people
Iranian male writers
Islamic Azad University faculty
Persian-language writers
People related to Persian literature
Researchers of Persian literature
Linguistic purism in Persian
Iranian radio actors
Iranian radio and television presenters