Fereydoon Moshiri

Fereydoon Moshiri

Fereydoon Moshiri (Persian: ﻓﺮﻳﺪﻭﻥ ﻣﺸﻴﺮى , born August 1926 in Tehran, Iran - died October 24, 2000 in Tehran) was one of the prominent contemporary Persian poets who versified in both modern and classic styles of the Persian poem. He is best known as conciliator of classical Persian poetry at one side with the New Poetry initiated by Nima Yushij at the other side. One of the major contributions of Moshiri's poetry is the broadening of the social and geographical scope of modern Persian literature.^[1]

Biography

Fereydoon Moshiri was born in Tehran to a family known for their legacy of poetry. His school years were divided between Tehran and Mashhad where his father held administrative posts.^[1]

With the outbreak of the World War II the family moved to Tehran and the young Moshiri continued his education at Dar ol-Fonoon and then in Adib High School. Throughout these years his first poems appeared in progressive journals such as Iran-e-Ma. This was the beginning of a career in literary journalism that continued for more than thirty years. In 1946 Moshiri joined the Iranian Department of Telecommunication where he served till retirement. In 1954 Moshiri married Eghbal Akhavan, then an art student at Tehran University. Their daughter and son, Bahar and Babak, became architects.^[1]

Works

Moshiri's first volume of poetry titled Teshne-ye Toofan (Thirsty for the Storm) was published in 1955. His lyrical poems were widely received and left an impact on a generation of younger poets. Through the later years, Moshiri continued to exercise a major influence on development of modern poetry in Iran.

Later works which were published under the titles "Abr-o-Koocheh" (The Cloud and The Alley, 1962), and "Bahar Ra Bavar Kon" (Believe The Spring, 1967) embraced a wide variety of universal concepts ranging from humanistic considerations to social justice. A selection of his poems has been translated into English entitled 'With All my Tears' by Ismail Salami.

Some his other published works are as follows:

• 1957, Gonah-e Darya (The Sin of the Sea),
• 1958, Nayafteh (Undiscovered),
• 1960, Abr (The Cloud),
• 1970, Parvaz Ba Khorshid (Flying With the Sun),
• 1978, Bahar ra Bavar Kon (Believe the Spring),
• 1988, Ah Baran (Oh, the Rain),
• 2001, Ta Sobh-e Tabnak-e Ahura'ii (Until the Bright of Ahuric Dawn)

Last years

Moshiri had been suffering from leukemia and renal failure for five years and died in "Tehran Clinic" hospital on October 24, 2000.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Official website

External links

• Fereydoon Moshiri at Iran Chamber Society
• Fereydoon Moshiri's life
• Kooche by Darya Dadvar
• Koucheh (Alley), a poem written and read by Fereydoon Moshiri, YouTube (4 min 6 sec).
  Text: Koucheh.

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Name	Moshiri, Fereydoun
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Date of birth	1926
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Date of death	October 24, 2000
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