A New Collection' by Farrukh Dhondy will be released on 2 April on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching ...
Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many poets evoke the mystique of China in their work. In the vast universe of ...
The connection between Nowruz and poetry Throughout history, Persian poets have drawn inspiration from the arrival of spring, the beauty of nature, and the renewal that Nowruz represents. The themes ...
From the eleventh century until the fifteenth, verse romance was the most popular narrative genre of Persian poetry. The earliest examples are very charming “entertainments” and are completely lacking ...
It became quite popular and Iranian poets, too, began composing poems that were called shehr aashob and, alternatively, shehr anges, with a distinct lampooning and disparaging tone. Masood Sa’ad ...
On the eve of the auspicious birth anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (AS), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a group of poets and experts in Persian literature ...
It was composed by the Persian poet Abu al-Qasem Ferdowsi, who spent 33 years turning centuries of historical and mythological lore into more than 50,000 couplets. In Iran, where many people give ...
Chinese elements became an essential source of inspiration for Persian poets, who not only wove Chinese landscapes, characters and stories into their verses, but also expressed deep admiration and ...