Hossein Monzavi

Hossein Monzavi (Persian: حسين منزوی‎) (23 September 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 5 May 2004 in Tehran) was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing poems and his lyric poems are primarily in Persian but also he has some contribution to the Azerbaijani language.[1]

Hossein Monzavi
Hossein Monzavi, Zanjan,Iran
BornHossein Monzavi
حسین منزوی
(1946-09-23)September 23, 1946
Zanjan, Iran
Died(2003-05-05)May 5, 2003
Tehran, Iran
Occupation
LanguagePersian
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIran
EducationBachelor of Arts
GenrePoet
Notable awardsForough Prize
ChildrenGhazal Monzavi

Life

He was born in Zanjan. After education and living in Tehran for some years, he came back to his hometown. His father Mohammad Monzavi was also a poet that had written some poems in the same languages that wrote imitative poem for Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar's Heydar Babaya Salam.[2] Homayoun Shajarian, a Persian traditional singer, has used lyrics of Hossein Monzavi in Setareh-ha (The Stars) music album.[3] Hossein Monzavi died from cancer in Tehran in 2003.[4]

Works

His Persian works are more than his Azeri. He much used Azeri folklores and legends in his poems. Hossein Monzavi's famous works are:

  • Translating Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar's Heydar Babaya Salam and his father's imitative poem from Azeri to Persian.
  • Duman (The Fog in Azeri) is Monzavi's Azeri poems collection which had been published in Danulduzu set of series with Maftoun Amini's prefatory.
  • From hemlock and sugar, Persian lyrics collection (written from 1970 to 1988)
  • With love around Calamity, Persian lyrics collection (written from 1988 to 1993)
  • From cashmere and lyricism, Persian lyrics selection (1997)
  • With Siavash among fire

References
  1. "Death ended Hossein Monzavi's isolation" (in Persian). Jamejam Online. May 5, 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. az:حسین منزوی Hüseyn Münzəvi
  3. fa:حسین منزوی
  4. "Hossein Monzavi's works rendered into German". Iran Book News Agency (IBNA). 2009-10-17. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
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