List of Persian poets and authors
The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran, Afghanistan,Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Although a few authors in this list do not have their ethnic origin, nevertheless they have enriched Persian culture and civilization by their remarkable contributions to the rich Persian literature. The modern Persian speaker comprehends the literature of the earliest Persian poets including founder of the Persian poetry and literature Rudaki[1] (approximately 1150 years ago) all the way down to the works of modern Persian poets. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.
From the 7th to the 8th centuries
9th century
- Rudaki (رودکی)
- Muhammad al-Bukhari Persian Islamic Scholar, (810 - 870)
- Mansur Al-Hallaj (منصور حلاج)
- Shahid Balkhi (ابوالحسن شهيدبن حسين جهودانکي بلخی)
- Abu Hafs Sughdi
10th century
- Ferdowsi فردوسی
- Abusaeid Abolkheir ابوسعید ابوالخیر
- Rudaki رودکی
- Abu Mansur Daqiqi ابومنصور دقیقی
- Mansur Al-Hallaj منصور حلاج
- Unsuri عنصری
- Rabi'a Balkhi رابعه بلخی
- Asjadi عسجدی
- Farrukhi Sistani فرخی سیستانی
- Kisai Marvazi کسائی مروزی
- Abu Shakur Balkhi ابوشکور بلخی
- Qabus, Qabus ibn Wushmagir, poet (died 1012) ابوالحسن قابوس بن وشمگیر بن زیار, شمس المعالی
- Ayyuqi عیوقی
- Khwaja Abdullah Ansari خواجه عبدالله انصاری
- Li Shunxian (李舜弦) a concubine of the Chinese Emperor Wang Yan (Wang Zongyan)
11th century
- Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani
- Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami (d. 1037)
- Asad Gorgani
- Omar Khayyám, poet (1048–1131)
- Sanai, poet (1080–1131/1141)حکیم ابوالمجد مجدود بن آدم سنایی غزنوی
- Hujviri d1073
- Abdul Qadir Gilani
- Manuchihri
- Abolfazl Beyhaghi, historian
- Abu'l-Hasan Bayhaqi
- Nasir Khusraw, traveler, writer and poet
- Baba Tahir Oryan
- Rabi'ah Quzdari
- Abu-al-faraj Runi
- Keykavus Eskandar
- Nizam al-Mulk, author of Siyasatnama
- Azraqi
- Masud Sa'd Salman
- Uthman Mukhtari
- Qatran Tabrizi
- Mughatil ibn Bakri
- Asadi Tusi اسدی طوسی
- Nizami نظامی گنجوی، نظامی
- Imam Muhammad Ghazali
- Abhari
12th century
- Suzani Samarqandi, شمس الدین محمد بن علی poet (d.1166)
- Adib Sabir ادیب صابر
- Am'aq عمعق بخارائی
- Anvari انوری ابیوردی
- Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1220) فریدالدین عطار نیشاپوری
- Nizami, poet (about 1140-about 1203) نظامی
- Sheikh Ruzbehan شیخ روزبهان
- Abdul Qadir Gilani عبدالقادر گیلانی
- Khaqani Shirvani خاقانی شروانی
- Sanaayi سنایی
- Sheikh Ahmad Jami
- Muhammad Aufi
- Falaki Shirvani
- Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
- Sanai Ghaznavi, poet
- Mu'izzi
- Ibn Balkhi
- Uthman Mukhtari
- Mahsati, poet مهستی گنجوی
- Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Umari Vatvat خولجه رشید الدین وطواط
- Nizami Arudhi Samarqandi نظامی عروضی سمرقندی
13th century
- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, poet (1207–1273)
- Sultan Walad
- Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
- Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, (1247–1318)
- Shams Tabrizi
- Sheikh Ruzbehan
- Zahed Gilani
- Khwaju Kermani
- Mahmoud Shabestari
- Najmeddin Razi
- Muhammad Aufi
- Qazi Beiza'i
- Awhadi Maraghai
- Auhaduddin Kermani
- Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din
- Ata-Malik Juvayni
- Nasreddin
14th century
- Hafez, poet (born about 1310–1325) حافظ
- Amir Khusrow, امیر خسرو دهلوی
- Ubayd Zakani عبید زاکانی
- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, میر سید علی ابن شہاب الدین ہمدانی - Islamic preacher traveller and poet (1314 – 1384)
- Kamal Khujandi, poet, sufism (1321 — 1401)
- Shahin Shirazi
- Junayd Shirazi
- Qasem-e Anvar
- Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din
- Shah Nimatullah Wali
15th century
- Jami, poet (1414–1492)
- Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, poet (1441–1501)
- Badriddin Hilali, poet (1470–1529)
- Imrani, poet (1454–1536)
- Fuzûlî, poet (1494 – 1556) فضولی
16th century
- Nahapet Kuchak
- Teimuraz I of Kakheti (Tahmuras Khan)
- Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)
- Vahshi Bafghi
17th century
- Teimuraz I of Kakheti (Tahmuras Khan)
- Saib Tabrizi, poet (1601/02-1677)
- Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil (1642–1720)
- Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) - Composed the famous Zafarnamah
- Zeb-un-Nissa Makhfi (1637–1702)
- Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)
- Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)
18th century
- Hazin Lahiji (حزین لاهیجی)
- Hatef Esfehani, poet (هاتف اصفهانی)
- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, (مرزا اسد اللہ خان غالب)
19th century
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, Malek o-Sho'arā Bahār محمد تقی بهار(ملک الشعرا)
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist and journalist علی اکبر دهخدا
- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib مرزا اسد اللہ خان غالب
- Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, poet, author, scholar (1889 - 1929)
- Mirzadeh Eshghi میرزاده عشقی
- Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat, poet and historian رضا قلی خان هدایت
- Iraj Mirza ایرج میرزا
- Ebrahim Poordavood, ancient languages, Avesta ابراهیم پور داوود
- Aref Qazvini عارف قزوینی
- Hassan Roshdieh حسن رشدیه
- Siyyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi, founder of Babism, سيد علی محمد شیرازی
- Táhirih Qorrat al-'Ayn, Babi poet and theologian
- Mirza Husayn 'Ali Nuri, founder of Bahaism, میرزا حسین‌علی نوری
- Farrokhi Yazdi فرخی یزدی
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal محمد اقبال Allama.
- Sheyda Gerashi, poet and Panegyrist شیدای گراشی
- Qaani قاآنی
20th century and beyond
- Ali Abdolrezaei (علی عبدالرضایی)
- Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik-Persian poet
- Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
- Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)
- Adib Boroumand, poet, politician, and lawyer (ادیب برومند)
- Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, writer and translator (احمد کامیابی مسک)
- Ahmad Kasravi (احمد کسروی)
- Ahmad Raza Khan (احمد رضا خان)
- Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist (علی اکبر دهخدا)
- Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer (علی محمد افغانی)
- Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian (علی شریعتی)
- Aref Qazvini, (عارف قزوینی)
- Asad Gulzoda, poet
- Aziz Motazedi, novelist (عزیز معتضدی)
- Bahman Sholevar, writer and poet (بهمن شعله ور)
- Bahram Bayzai, playwright (بهرام بیضایی)
Bahram Bayzai - Bilal Yousaf, writer, critiquer
- Bozorg Alavi, (بزرگ علوی) writer
- Dariush Shayegan (داریوش شایگان)
- Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist (ابراهیم نبوی)
- Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer
- Esmail Khoi, Poet
- Ezzat Goushegir
- Farzona, poet (Фарзона/فرزانه)
- Farzaneh Aghaeipour (فرزانه آقایی‌پور)
- Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی)
- Fereshteh Ahmadi, writer (فرشته احمدی)
- Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)
- Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
- Ghazaleh Alizadeh, novelist (غزاله علیزاده)
- Gholam Hossein Saedi, writer
- Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist (غلامحسین مصاحب)
- Gholamreza Rouhani, Poet (غلامرضا روحاني)
- Gulnazar Keldi, Tajik poet
- Hamid Mosadegh(حمید مصدق)
- Hassan Roshdieh (حسن رشدیه)
- Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما)
- Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
- Houshang Moradi Kermani (هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی)
- Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
- Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)
- Iraj Pezeshkzad, novelist (ایرج پزشکزاد)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
- Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)
- Khalilullah Khalili (خلیل الله خلیلی) Poet and writer
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی)
- Loiq Sher-Ali (لائق شیرعلی), poet from Tajikistan
- Leila Kasra, poet and lyricist
- Mahbod Seraji, Writer (مهبد سراجی)
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
- Mahmoud Melmasi - Azarm, poet (محمود ملماسي، آزرم)
- Mahyar Mazloumi, poet (مهیار مظلومی)
- Majid Adibzadeh, writer and scholar (مجید ادیب‌زاده)
- Majid Naficy, poet (مجید نفیسی)
- Majid M. Naini writer, poet, translator, speaker (مجید نایینی)
- Mana Aghaee, poet, author and translator (مانا آقایی)
- Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
- Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
- Maryam Jafari Azarmani (مریم جعفری آذرمانی), poet, critic
- Massoud Behnoud (مسعود بهنود), journalist
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
- Mina Assadi, poet, author, journalist and songwriter (مینا اسدی)
- Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
- Mirzo Tursunzoda, Tajik poet
- Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer (محمد علی جمالزاده)
- Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
- Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh (محمد جعفر پوینده)
- Mohammad Mokhtari(محمد مختاری)
- Mohammad Reza Ali Payam (Haloo), poet (محمدرضا عالی‌پیام)
- Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی)
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi, scholar and writer (محمدامین ریاحی)
- Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)
- Mona Borzouee, poet,lyricist,writer(مونا برزویی)
- Monica Malek-Yonan, playwright
- Morteza Motahhari, theologian (مرتضی مطهری)
- Muhammad Iqbal, poet (محمد اقبال)
- Nader Naderpour, poet (نادر نادرپور)
- Nima Yushij, poet (نیما یوشیج)
- Nosrat Rahmani, poet (نصرت رحمانی)
- Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)
- Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)
- Reza Baraheni, poet and critic (رضا براهنی)
- Reza Khoshnazar, novelist(رضا خوش‌بين خوش‌نظر)
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضا قلی‌خان هدایت)
- Roya Hakakian, poet, writer, journalist (رویا حکاکیان)
- Saboktakin Saloor, novelist
- Sadegh Choubak, writer (صادق چوبک)
- Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت)
- Sadriddin Ayni (صدرالدين عيني), Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers of the country's history.
- Saeed Nafisi, scholar, poet and writer
- Sahar Delijani, novelist (سحر دلیجانی)
- Samad Behrangi, writer (صمد بهرنگی)
- Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist (شهرنوش پارسی‌پور)
- Shams Langeroodi, poet (شمس لنگرودی)
- Shamim Hashimi, poet and writer (شمیم ہاشمی)
- Shapour Bonyad, poet (شاپور بنیاد)
- Sheema Kalbasi, poet and translator (شیما کلباسی)
- Siavash Kasraie poet (سیاوش کسرایی)
- Simin Behbahani, poet (سیمین بهبهانی)
- Simin Daneshvar, writer (سیمین دانشور)
- Sipandi Samarkandi, Tajik bilingual poet
- Sohrab Sepehri, poet and painter (سهراب سپهری)
- Syed Waheed Ashraf, Poet, Sufi, Scholar, Critic
- Syed Abid Ali Abid Poet and Author
- Temur Zulfiqorov, Tajik poet (Темур Зулфиқоров)
- Varand, poet (واراند)
- Yadollah Royaee, poet (یدالله رویایی)
- Hossein Rajabian, Playwright (حسین رجبیان)
- Yasmina Reza, poet (یاسمینا رضا)
- Zoya Pirzad novelist (زویا پیرزاد)
- Sholeh Wolpé poet, playwright (شعله ولپی)
- Iraj Zebardast, poet (ايرج زبردست)
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See also
- Authors from Iran
- Iranian poets
- List of Iranian scientists and scholars
- List of Iranian writers
References
- Morteza Motahhari, Khadamāt-i mutaqābil-i Islām va Īrān, c 1350s Vol 14, p583-590 OCLC 34476860
- E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
- Mohammad Mokhtary Mashhad 1944 – Tehran 2002. Writer of Siavash nameh published by Bonyad-e-Shahnameh. writer of Tarikhe ostorehhay-e-Iran. one of the Persian researchers. Murdered by Islamic regime. He was one of the 72 Persians murdered by Emami terror team (Ghatlhaye zangirehi). kidnapped on his way home and choked to dead.
- Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ISBN 90-277-0143-1 OCLC 460598 LCC PK6097.R913 ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
- ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (1379 (2000)). Dū qarn-i sukūt : sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan. OCLC 46632917. ISBN 964-5983-33-6. Check date values in:
|year=(help) - R.M. Chopra, "Eminent Poetesses of Persian", 2010, Iran Society, Kolkata.
- R.M. Chopra, "Great Poets of Classical Persian", 2014, Sparrow Publication, Kolkata, ISBN 978-81-89140-75-5
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