Manouchehr Atashi

Manouchehr Atashi
Born	September 25, 1931(1931-09-25) Dashtestan, Iran
Died	November 20, 2005(2005-11-20) (aged 74) Tehran, Iran (Atashi is buried in Booshehr
Occupation	Poet, writer, interpreter and journalist.

Manouchehr Atashi (Persian: منوچهر آتشی) (September 25, 1931 - November 20, 2005) was a Persian poet,^[1] writer, and journalist.

He was born in 1931 in Dashtestan, Bushehr province His poetry is the poetry of the revolting warrior of the humiliated southern tribesman. He takes his work seriously and although attached to his native birthplace his poems are universal scope. In his later works Atashi has relaxed his rhythm and has moved toward direct expression of emotion.

Works

• Another Song
• Song of the Earth
• Meeting at Dawn
• At the End of Beginning and Description of the Red Rose
• The Roots of Night

References

1. ^ Aslan, Reza (2010). Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 559. ISBN 0393065855. http://books.google.ca/books?id=Pyg-gr37IkwC&pg=PA559&lpg=PA559&dq=%22Manouchehr+Atashi%22&source=bl&ots=3O-lSU6K3T&sig=5tIl5HKHXOuSzr1LRE3wKa684Hc&hl=en&ei=qVwSTam8H4WenAeM-r3dDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB0Q6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22Manouchehr%20Atashi%22&f=false. 

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Name	Atashi, Manouchehr
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Date of birth	September 25, 1931
Place of birth	Dashtestan, Iran
Date of death	November 20, 2005
Place of death	Tehran, Iran (Atashi is buried in Booshehr