Ahmad shamlou biography
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Ahmad Shamlou Iran's most celebrated contemporary poet
In 1942 His father took him to the north of Iran which was occupied bygd the Soviet Army. Shamlou was arrested by the Red Army for his political ideas and fryst vatten sent to Rasht. He was released from jail in 1945 and left with his family for Azarbaijan. The separatists fängelse him and his father for a short time. They were sent back to Tehran. Shamlou decided to leave school for good. He married for the first time in 1947, and in this year he released his first collection of poems: The Forgotten Songs. In 1948 he started to write in a literary monthly calle • Iran’s “Master Poet of Freedom”: On Ahmad ShamlouNiloufar Talebi reflects on the towering legacy of Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou on the anniversary of his birth. So much yet so little has changed in Iran since December 12, 1925, that bleak and snowy day when a child who would become a towering revolutionary figure was born in a spiritless house at 134 Safi Alishah Street in Tehran. The legacy of that figure, the poet, translator, essayist, and editor Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000), known by his pen name, A. Bamdad or Alef Bamdad (meaning A. Dawn) — a legacy of unflinching struggle for creative and political freedom — continues to grow. Shamlou’s birth year was pivotal. Reza Khan, a military officer in the Persian army of the Qajar dynasty who had dissolved the old government, was declared Reza Shah, the founding king of the new Pahlavi dynasty. In his drive towards modernization, Reza Shah enforced, against opposition from the clergy, the unveiling of women. In 1935, he also cha • Ahmad Shamlou; Master Poet of LibertyPosted by By ifvc at 23 March, at 15 : 38 PM Print Executive Producers: Behrouz Maghsoudlou, Akbar Ghahary A documentary about one of the most important Iranian poets and intellectual icons. Includes commentary by acclaimed Iranian filmmakers Bahram Beyza’i, Naser Taghva’i and Abbas Kia-Rostami. Also includes commentary from the following prominent Iranian intellectuals, artists, writers, poets and literary historians: Simin Behbahani, Iran Darroudi, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Mohammad Ghazi, Mohammad Hoghoughi, Javad Mojabi, Zia Movahhed, Esmail Nouriala, Mohammad Ali Sepanlou, Pouran Soltani, and his beloved wife Ayda Shamlou. Official selection for the Stig Dagerman Award Ceremony at which Mr. Shamlou was honored and presented with the award in Sweden, 1999. Also selected to be screened in Washington, D. C. at MESA 1999, CIRA 2000 and SIS 2000. T |