Gholamreza Ghodsi (1925 – 11 December 1989) was a belletrist and poet from

Mashhad, Iran Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...

Early life and education

Ghodsi was born in 1925 in Mashhad, Iran. His genealogy goes back to Mirza Mohammad Jan Ghodsi Mashhadi, the celebrated poet of

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era who was the head of Astan Quds treasury and traveled there at the era of

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which was the era of Persian poetry prosperity."Contemporary Poets of Khorassan", Modern Education Journal, issue 12, September 1961, p. 10."Ghodsi Ascended into Heavens", Quds Daily, year 3, issue 579, December 1989, p. 2."Death of Professor Gholamreza Ghodsi"Adabestan Journal
January 1990, p. 57."In the Words of Friends", Quds Daily, 11 December 1992. After completing the primary school, Ghodsi initiated Qadimeh studies. He learned

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...

, principles of Islamic jurisprudence and logic and philosophy from great scholars of Khorassan like (Adib Dovom) and and then studied at Faculty of Theology at

University of Mashhad Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM, fa, دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد, ''Danushgah-e Ferdusi-ye Mashhad'') is a public university in Mashhad, the capital city of the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan. FUM is named after Abul-Qâsem F ...

. He started poetry writing when he was sixteen years old. He wrote sonnets but he was interested in the and the themes of his poems were social and political.

Career

Ghodsi founded "Ferdowsi Athenaeum" of Mashhad, with the aim of organizing the literary situation of his homeland.Iran's cultural and art news, "Farewell with the Pious poet of Khorassan", Keyhan Farhangi journal, 6th year, 9th issue, December 1989, p. 44. He founded this athenaeum with some of his friends in 1946.Ali Bagherzadeh (Bagha), Twenty One Articles, Mashhad: Sokhan Gostar, 2008, pp. 88–92. He traveled to

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for compiling poems of his great grandfather ''Mirza Mohammad Jan Ghodsi Mashhadi'' and his goal was to gain other manuscripts of this poet."Commemoration of the Professor"

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Daily, issue 18987, February 1990, p. 7. Professor Ghodsi taught Persian and Arabic language and Literature at

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM, fa, دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد, ''Danushgah-e Ferdusi-ye Mashhad'') is a public university in Mashhad, the capital city of the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan. FUM is named after Abul-Qâsem ...

. He died on 11 December 1989 at the age of 64 and he was buried at block 168, in Azadi Courtyard of Imam Reza holy shrine in Mashhad. Ghodsi roundabout

Poems

*"I wish I were..." Khandaniha, 21 February 1971, p. 58. (lyric of "Kash Bodam Lala کاش بودم لاله" performed by

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) *"Enough for us"Gholamreza Ghodsi, Diwan of Poems, Mashhad: Culture and Guidance General Administration publications, 1991. (lyric of "Ma ra bas ما را بس" composed by

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)

Bibliography

*"Collection of Poems", the book "Contemporary Poetry in Khorassan", 1964. *"Collection of Poems", Iranian Contemporary Lyric *Diwan of Poems "Songs of Ghodsi", Culture and Guidance General Administration publications, 1991. (with introduction of Mehrdad Avesta) *"Collection of Poems", the book "a Breeze from the Region of Khorassan", 1991. *" Companions of the Prophet", about history of Islam, Besat publications

Resources

*Persian Literature I (part II), high school textbook, Curriculum and Textbooks Department Office *Persian Literature III, humanities, high school textbook, Curriculum and Textbooks Department Office *Bagherzadeh (Bagha), Ali, Twenty One Articles, Mashhad: Sokhan Gostar, 2008. *Selected Texts of Persian Literature, university textbook, Nashr Daneshgahi publications, . *Selected Texts of Persian Literature, university textbook, Nashr Daneshgahi publications, . *Motavalli, Ahmadreza, "The Picked Flowers Smell", Khorassan daily, issue 14006, 8 December 1997.

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