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  Ahmad Shamlou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmad Shamlou (Persian: احمد شاملو‎ ​) (December 12, 1925 — July 24, 2000) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist.
Shamlou was born to the family of an army officer in Tehran.
Shamlou was one of the founding members of the Iranian Writers Association, and in the thirty intervening years before his death, he never ceased supporting its ideals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmad_Shamlou   (557 words)

  
 Persian Language & Literature: Jalal Al Ahmad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
alal Al Ahmad, Son of a Shi'ite clergyman, was born in 1923 in Tehran.
As a youth, Al Ahmad was actively involved in the Tudeh Party, especially between 1944 and 1948 before the Party was forced underground by the Pahlavi regime.
He writes, as Kamshad Aptly says, with a conviction that is unique to him Ahmad Shamlou adores this very conviction in his "Anthem." Before being turned to ashes by the wrath of the thunderbolt, he had forced the steer of the tempest to kneel before his might.
www.iranchamber.com /literature/jalahmad/jalal_al_ahmad.php   (804 words)

  
 Persian Language & Literature: Ahmad Shamlou
hmad Shamlou was born on December 12, 1925, in Tehran to a family that was to move around Iran because of the duties of his father, who was an army officer.
Shamlou was arrested by the Red Army for his political ideas and is sent to Rasht.
Shamlou was prominent both as a great historical literary figure and as a major poet.
www.iranchamber.com /literature/ashamlou/ahmad_shamlou.php   (1716 words)

  
 THE IRANIAN: Ahmad Shamlou, Esmail Nooriala
Two years have elapsed since Ahmad Shamlou left the literary arena of our country after at least 50 years of serious and constructive presence during one of the most exciting periods of our literary history.
Shamlou was lucky enough to be armed with a creative sole in a time of great changes.
The young Shamlou of the 1940s was a typical member of this generation and soon was to be absorbed by the charisma of Nima.
www.iranian.com /EsmailNooriala/2002/July/Shamlou/index.html   (1063 words)

  
 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian Poet
Ahmad Shamlou is one of the most famous contemporary poets in Iran and the world.
Shamlou was untiring explorer of new fields to expand the metrical and verbal resources of poetry.
Ahmad Shamlou was born in a cold day of December.
www.caroun.com /Literature/Iran/Poets/AhmadShamlou/AhmadShamlou.html   (436 words)

  
 IRAN YELLOW PAGES - Iranian infomation at your fingertip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ahmad Shamlou, prominent Iranian poet, was born in 1925 in Tehran.
Shamlou left behind a large body of poetry, literary criticism and translations.
Shamlou passed away in summer of 2000 in Tehran at the age of 75, leaving behind a number of great literary works in prose and poetry.
www.iranyellowpages.net /en/about_iran/Culture/poets/iranian_poetry03.shtm   (578 words)

  
 Tomb of Iran’s greatest contemporary poet desecrated - Printer Friendly Page - Iran (General) - Iran Focus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ahmad Shamlou was admired for his marvellous poems since the time of the Shah.
State-run news agencies reported that “unknown assailants” had broken the stone on Shamlou’s tomb and that chunks of the stone were missing.
Shamlou’s popularity continued after the 1979 Islamic revolution as he resisted pressures by Iran’s ayatollahs to stop writing about the persecution of dissidents and corruption by the officialdom.
www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/print.php?storyid=6643   (151 words)

  
 IFVC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ahmad Shamlou, the most important contemporary Iranian poet and intellectual icon, passed away at the age of 75 on July 23, 2000 in a hospital in Tehran following a long battle with diabetes.
Shamlou’s poetry and outspoken views, particularly on freedom of expression, were embraced by many Iranian intellectuals despite the opposition encountered from both the Iranian Monarchy and the Islamic government that took over after the February 1979 Revolution.
Shamlou was presented with the Stig Dagerman Award and at which Mr.
www.ifvc.com /news.html   (389 words)

  
 CNN.com - Thousands mourn Iranian poet - July 27, 2000
A symbol of secular nationalism and social justice, Shamlou was a major force in the intellectual movement opposed to the former shah before the 1979 revolution.
Shamlou's opposition to the shah cost him a period of exile in the 1970s, and on his return, he became disillusioned with politics.
Shamlou's body was buried at a cemetery in Karaj, a town west of Tehran.
archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/07/27/art.iran.poet.reut   (712 words)

  
 THE IRANIAN: Poetry, death of Ahmad Shamlou, Esmail Nooriala
Ahmad Shamlou stood tall amongst that new generation who adopted Nima's methods and restlessly tried new undiscovered domains of modernism in poetry.
Shamlou was prominent both as a great historical literary figure and a poet.
Shamlou represented the finest breed of Iranian intellectuals in the second half of the 20th century.
www.iranian.com /Arts/2000/July/Shamlou/index.html   (741 words)

  
 Bangla2000 | International News - Iran loses most celebrated contemporary poet
Shamlou was born in Tehran on Dec. 12, 1925.
Shamlou returned after the shah was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Shamlou is credited with reforming Persian poetry, introducing untried ways and techniques that gave greater flight to his imagination.
bangla2000.com /News/Archive/International/7-25-2000/news_detail5.html   (315 words)

  
 News & Letters - The Journal of Marxist-Humanism - August-September 2000
The Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou died on July 24, 2000.
Shamlou was a secular intellectual and humanist who was an icon for those who believe people deserve better treatment than what they received under the monarchist and the Islamic regimes.
Most of Shamlou's poetry evolved around the concepts of humanism, love and freedom, with all the complexity and mysticism love has in Iranian literature.
www.newsandletters.org /Issues/2000/Aug-Sept/8.00_shamlou.htm   (417 words)

  
 Ahmad Shamlou, poet, 75   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Monday July 24 8:36 PM ET Ahmad Shamlou, leading Iranian poet, dies TEHRAN (Reuters) - Ahmad Shamlou, one of Iran's finest poets, who ran afoul of the shah and grew disillusioned with the Islamic Revolution which overthrew him, died Monday after a long illness.
Shamlou, who had lived in virtual seclusion in a Tehran suburb in recent years, died in hospital after a long battle with diabetes.
A major force in the secular intellectual movement opposed to the shah before the 1979 revolution, he developed a free-flowing poetic style at odds with the tightly-balanced rhymes of classical Persian poetry.
slick.org /deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00090.html   (288 words)

  
 Iran Daily
TEHRAN, Dec. 12--A critical study of the works of the late poet Ahmad Shamlou indicates that love is a dominant feature both for mankind as well as at the individual level.
She divides Shamlou's love life into three periods: the period when Shamlou was single and waiting for a partner, his marriage, and the period during which he wrote six love poems when he fell in love with Aida (his young lover).
Shamlou maintained that he was not happy using similes in his poetry to convey such a theme.
www.iran-daily.com /1383/2162/html/art.htm   (1594 words)

  
 Ahmad Shamlou: A Poet in Exile
Ahmad Shamlou is one of the brightest lights of contemporary Persian letters.
Shamlou breaks off here to describe the meter of this passage, which is È-- È-- È-- È-).
For instance, one of my books was confiscated from the bookstores by the police only after it was in its eighth printing, three years after it was first printed.
www.bonyadeshamlou.com /matbooat/boroon_marzi/3.html   (3013 words)

  
 State University of New York at New Paltz: Events
Celebrated writer Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000) was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1984.
Shamlou's contribution to the reformation of Persian poetry is immense, and his works have been translated into several languages, yet he remains a relatively undiscovered treasure in the West.
Maghsoudlous documentary "Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty" illuminates Shamlous poetry and life within the history of twentieth-century Iran.
www.newpaltz.edu /events/event_view.cfm?event_id=4619&event_ath=N   (226 words)

  
 Ahmad - Welcome to the official site of Ahmad Shamlu, Ahmad Shamloo, Shamlou   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I'm Ahmad Mabrook, born on 25/05/1976, Live in Cairo the capital of Egypt, Moslem " proud of being Moslem".
Mohammad Ahmad is one of the sons of Shaikh Ahmad Jan and Sarwari Begum.
Ahmad Kasravi was born on September 29, 1890 into a religious family of the village
allindexes.com /alid/ahmad.htm   (420 words)

  
 Journal Page jur00lr
Ahmad Shamlou, arguably, Iran's most-celebrated and prominent contemporary poet and one of twentieth-century's leading literary figures was admitted to hospital in mid-June for what was called a case of extreme exhaustion.
Shamlou lived in isolation in a Tehran suburb during the past few years, but, on occasions, travelled to the West for medical treatment.
As for his poetry, Shamlou developed a simple, free poetic style, known in Iran as "Sepid" poetry (literally meaning "white"), which is a kind of free verse that departs from the tightly balanced rhythem and rhymes of classical Persian poetry.
www.solopublications.com /jur00lr.htm   (1391 words)

  
 Shamlou Ahmad ou Chamlou,biographie, liste poèmes
Ahmad Chamlou, considéré comme le plus grand poète contemporain iranien, est décédé le 24 juillet 2000, à l'âge de 75 ans des suites d'une longue maladie.
Ahmad Chamlou, qui souffrait d'un cancer et de diabète, était hospitalisé depuis plusieurs semaines.
Respecté par les intellectuels laïcs, Ahmad Chamlou a ouvert la littérature iranienne contemporaine à la contestation politique.
www.pierdelune.com /chamlou.htm   (977 words)

  
 Samad Behrangi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Tabriz, Behrangi started teaching in village schools in Iranian Azerbaijan in 1957 which he continued for eleven years.
Behrangi also has stories in the Azerbaijani language and a few Azerbaijani translations from Persian poems by Ahmad Shamlou, Forough Farrokhzad, and Mehdi Akhavan-Sales.
Apart from children's stories, he wrote many pedigological essays and collected and published several samples of oral Azerbaijani literature.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samad_Behrangi   (315 words)

  
 Iranian Cultural Association of Greater Columbus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Your name is the morning light that passes on the forehead of the sky.
Ahmad Shamlu was born in Tehran in 1925.
Due to his father's military career, he spent his childhood and adolescent years in different Iranian cities.
www.pazhvak.org /magazine/shamlou/shamlu_bio.htm   (438 words)

  
 Iran Daily - Arts & Culture - 12/12/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
TEHRAN, Dec. 11--A ceremony to mark the 80th birth anniversary of the late contemporary Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou will be held at Imamzadeh Taher cemetry in Karaj at 2:30 p.m.
Shamlou has rewritten poetry by renowned Iranian poets Nezami, Abolkheir, Khayyam and Baba Taher which will be published soon.
Shamlou once said that the people living in every part of the world love the forgotten songs, the best poets and authors.
www.iran-daily.com /1384/2448/html/art.htm   (1618 words)

  
 In memory of Ahmad Shamlu (Shamlou)
Sunday, July 24, 2000 was the day when our literature alongside our people mourned deeply for one of their everlasting literary figures who will be missing generations after generations.
And the one, who passed over this planet, over this soil, without receiving a "warming hello" from those who lash love under the lampposts of the streets.
The following poem is dedicated to Ahmad Shamlu in which Mr.
www.easypersian.com /W42/Persian_Samples_42.htm   (425 words)

  
 THOUSANDS OF IRANIANS BID FAREWELL TO AHMAD SHAMLOU
Simin Behbahani, one of the lasting Iranian national poets from her own poet made few hours earlier for Ahmad Shamlou, Iran’s and the Persian language world’s most acclaimed poet, writer, researcher and art critic.
Shamlou died early Monday morning in a Tehran hospital following months of suffering from an acute diabetes.
He was buried in a small cemetery where other Iranian poets and intellectuals, including Mohammad Ja’far Pouyandeh and Mohammad Mokhtari, both assassinated savagely two years ago by high-ranking officers of the Intelligence Ministry on orders of unidentified senior clerics also rest in peace.
www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2000/july_2000/shamlou_funerals_27700.htm   (364 words)

  
 AHMAD SHAMLOU, IRAN’S GREATEST CONTEMPORARY POET DIES
July (IPS) Ahmad Shamlou, one of Iran’s greatest national poet, writer, researcher, playwright, critic, intellectual and literary Tsar died Monday after midnight in a Tehran hospital, suffering from a long diabetes disease, of which he had lost one leg.
Bamdad he used for his poetry, Shamlou was working relentlessly on a huge encyclopedia named “The Book of the Street”, a collection of popular expressions, slang, proverbs and idioms he was keen to finish before death comes.
For many prominent literary critic, Shamlou can be considered one, if the not the biggest Iranian poet in the past five centuries, comparable to Hafez of Shiraz.
www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2000/july_2000/shamlou_24700.htm   (369 words)

  
 Official Site of Ahmad Shamlu
Don -e- Araam" translated by Ahmad Shamlu is published.
New set of of Shamlu CD's such as "Bagh Ayneh", and "Qoqnus dar Baran" and some books have been added to the book store.
Ahmad Shamlu, has been added to the press reviews library.
shamlu.com /index.htm   (155 words)

  
 Welcome to Iransara's Community Information Center - Bulletin Board
Anjoman-e-Sokhan in Northern California inviting you to attend the
commemoration of "The Master Poet of Freedom" Ahmad Shamlou.
3- "Shamlou Master Poet of Freedom" An International Film and video
www.iransara.com /BB/shamloumemorium08132000.html   (125 words)

  
 Iranian Video and Music Store: Shamlou - Master poet of liberty (VHS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Iranian Video and Music Store: Shamlou - Master poet of liberty (VHS)
A rare video about the works and life of the great Iranian Poet - "Ahmad Shamlou"-.
A great gift idea for those who appreciate Persian literature and poems.
www.iranianmovies.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=IranMall&Affiliate=khanehiran&Product_Code=145   (81 words)

  
 A Documentary Film: Ahmad Shamlou, Master Poet of Liberty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A Documentary Film: Ahmad Shamlou, Master Poet of Liberty
With: Ayda Shamlou, Simin Behbahani, Bahram Beyzai'i, Iran Darroudi,Mahmoud Dolatabadi, Mohammad Ghazi, Mohammad Hoghoughi, Abbas Kia-Rostami, Javad Mojabi, Zia Movahed, Esmail Nouriala, Ali Sepanlou, Pouran Soltani, Nasser Taghva'i
Place: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London
www.payvand.com /news/00/apr/1000.html   (54 words)

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