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Mahmoud Seraji
Mahmoud Seraji Born August 23, 1934
Astara, Gilan, Islamic Republic of IranOccupation Poet
Influences- Rumi, Hafez, Attar of Nishapur, Saadi (poet)
mahmoudseraji.comMahmoud Seraji (Persian محمود سراجی), aka, M. S. Shahed, the contemporary Persian poet was born on August 23, 1934 in the small town of Astara by the Caspian Sea.[1] According to the biography on his site, Seraji started writing poetry at the age of nine.[2] He spent most of his early professional career working for the government of the Shah at the Ministry of Agriculture before earning his law degree from the University of Tehran and starting his own practice.[3] Seraji lived in Iran until 2009, and moved to the United States to be near his family, who had left Iran after the Islamic revolution in 1979. Mahmouod Seraji currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area near his son, Mahbod Seraji, the author of Rooftops of Tehran.[4]
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His Work
Most of Seraji’s early work was published in Sepid – O – Siah magazine and a variety of news papers such as Kayhan and Ettela'at.
His collection of Erfani poems were released in 2003 under the title Melodies of Love (Persian مزامیر عشق). Seraji’s work is complex and in the tradition of Vahdat Vojood (Persian وحدت وجود) —the Unity of Existence.[5] In his poems he describes the purpose of life as enlightenment through love and unity with the Creator.[6] Seraji’s later work is especially unique as he took on scientific topics such as time and quantum physics. His second and third books are Gerdab (Persian گرداب) — Whirlpool, and Abshar (Persian آبشار) — Waterfall.
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Bibliography
2003 - Melodies of Love - مزامیر عشق
2004 - Gerdab - گرداب
2005 - Abshar - آبشار
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See also
Categories:- Iranian poets
- Living people
- 1934 births
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