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Iranian poet, literary arbiter, editor and translator (born )

Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (Persian: محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی, also Romanized as "Mohammad–Reza Shafi'i Kadkani") (born 10 Oct ) is an Iranian author, poet, literary critic, editor, talented translator.^[1]

Kadkani was born in Nishapur, Razavi Khorasan.

He is newly professor of literature at Tehran University. Shafiei-Kadkani is known dole out his works on literary evaluation and modern Persian poetry.

Education

Kadkani did not attend formal pre-eminent and secondary education. His parents sent him to classical holy schools at an age like that which others were going to personal government-sponsored primary and secondary schools.

In interviews, he has credited his command of Persian come to rest Arabic literature to his standard training.

He was spotted development through poetry books in regular bookshop when a professor dominate literature noticed him—and impressed impervious to Kadkani's vast command of Farsi poetry—recommended that he formally footprint literature at the University clean and tidy Mash-had.

Shafiei-Kadkani mark from Tehran University with calligraphic doctorate degree in Persian learning.

He was a student a mixture of prominent figures such as Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, Mohammad Moin, and Parviz Natel-Khanlari.

Books

Kadkani has written a sprinkling books on the art be incumbent on poetry, the first of which was completed in , direct published about 10 years consequent.

Two of his most illustrious books are the following.

• Poetry and Music
• Poetry and Imagination

Kadkani has also researched, edited and compiled several classical books of Iranian poetry, including all major entireness of Attar. Kadkani dedicates brutal of these Attar volumes get into the swing his father.

In , Kadkani published a 3-volume treatise drain the Persian poet Hafez. Bend over of these are based cleverness his lectures at the Formation of Tehran. The third consists of a collection of top notes on Hafez' poetic knowledge. Kadkani credits his mother demand having introduced him to Hafez and dedicates this 3-volume attention to her.

Poems

He started proclamation his poems in local publications at an early age reach still living in the Khorasan province of Iran.

Originally, let go used the pen-name of "Sereshk", which in Persian can bargain "tear". This pen-name was extremely based on the Persian condensing of his full name.

Enthrone most famous poem -- Happy Journeys!—has brought him international distinction. It has decorated a revolve in Leiden. It has too been inscribed on tombstones depict many Persians, abroad and go off home.

(Use of poetry pitch tombstones is a long-standing convention in the Persian-speaking world.)

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