Yadollah Maftun Amini ( fa, یدالله مفتون امینی; 12 June 1926 – 1 December 2022) was an Iranian poet.

Early life

Yadollah Amini, whose literary nickname was Maftun, was born in 1926 in

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, West Azerbaijan, northwest of Iran. He did his early education up to the end of high school in

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

before moving to

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 ...

. He studied in

Tehran University 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 ...

's Faculty of Law.

Literature works

Maftun Amini started with classical-style Persian Poetry, but gradually proceeded to modern and non-rhythmic Persian Poetry in the 1980s. Other than poems in Persian, Maftun wrote poems in his mother tongue, Azerbaijani. ''Ashiqli Karvan'' was Maftun's first Azerbaijani poetry collection. A major part of his poems in Persian are lyrics and nostalgia.

Personal life and death

Maftun Amini died on 1 December 2022, at the age of 96.

Works

*Poem collections ** Ashiqli Karvan (Karavan of Ashiqs (singers)), 1960s, Tabriz ** Anarestan (Pomegranate Garden), 1967, Tabriz, Ebn-e-sina Publishers ** Ashiqli Karvan (Camel Train), 1979 ** Nahang ya Mowj (Wale or Tide), Selections of Kulak and Anarestan (1979, Tehran) ** Fasl-e-Penhan (Hidden Season), Poem selections ** Man va Khazan-e-toh (Me and Your Fall), 2006, Amrud Publishers ** Shab-e-hazar-o-doh (Night of One Thousand and Two), (Includes a part in Azeri Turkish),

References

1926 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Iranian poets 21st-century Iranian poets Azerbaijani-language poets People from West Azerbaijan Province University of Tehran alumni Iranian male poets {{Iran-poet-stub