Kaiser Aminpour (1959-2007; fa, قیصر امین‌پور) was an Iranian

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

. Aminpour was one of the several distinguished poets who can be considered the founder of post-Revolution Iranian poetry.

Biography

Aminpour was born in Gatvand near

Dezful Dezful ( fa, دزفول, pronounced , Dezfuli dialect: Desfil, pronounced ) also Romanized as Dezfūl and Dezfool; also known as Dīzfūl and Ab I Diz is a city and capital of Dezful County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its popu ...

, the provincial capital of Iran's

Khuzestan Province Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

. He completed early education in Dezful before leaving for the capital

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, where he intended to study veterinary medicine at the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

. However, he abandoned this plan and enrolled into social sciences in 1978.

References

2007 deaths 20th-century Iranian poets Members of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature 1959 births 20th-century poets Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Literature and Culture Iran's Book of the Year Awards recipients Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni 21st-century Iranian poets People from Dezful {{Iran-poet-stub