Loiq Sher-Ali

Loiq Sher-Ali

Layeq Shir-Ali (born 1940, Tajiki/Persian: unicode|Лоиқ Шералӣ/لایق شیرعلی) was a Tajik poet, Iranologist and one of the most cellebrated Persian literary figures of Tajikistan and central Asia.

Layeq Shir-Ali had expertise in classical Persian poetry. The influence of Firdowsi, Khayyam and Molana Jalaleddin-e Balkhi is evident in Shir-Ali's works. He also translated several literary master pieces into Persian.

He was the head of Tajik-Persian Language International Foundation in Middle Asia and he was called as Shah-Poet of Tajikistan. A chosen collection of his works is published in Iran, 1994. Another collection, "Rakh's Spirit" is published in Iran, 1999, by Mirzo Shakurzoda.

See also

* Persian literature
* Persian culture
* Greater Iran
* Mohammad Jan Shakouri

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2006/05/060529_er_layeq_sheerali-pr.shtml Shir-Ali, combining old and new styles in Persian poetry] (BBC Persian)


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