The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Azerbaijan and India. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Although a few authors in this list do not have their ethnic origin in the Iranian people, nevertheless they have enriched Persian culture and civilization by their remarkable contributions to the rich Persian literature. The modern Persian speaker comprehends the literature of the earliest Persian poets including founder of the Persian poetry and literature Rudaki (http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/roudaki/roudaki.php) (approximately 1150 years ago) all the way down to the works of modern Persian poets. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.
Before The Islamic Invasion
- Zarathustra (زرتشت), Persian (Iranian) prophet and author of the Avestan Gathas.
- Mani (مانی), Persian religious leader and founder of Manichaeism (approximately 210-276 A.D.)
From the Islamic Invasion to the 8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
Statue of Omar Khayyam in
Iran.
12th century
Attar's statue beside his mausoleum,
Nishapur,
Iran (20th century made).
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
- Jalaleddin Ali Mir Abolfazl Angha, Sufi master, poet, and author
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, malek al sho'ra محمد تقی بهار(ملک الشعرا)
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist and journalist علی اکبر دهخدا
- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib مرزا اسد اللہ خان غالب
- Mirzadeh Eshghi میرزاده عشقی
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian رضا قلی خان هدایت
- Iraj Mirza ایرج میرزا
- Ebrahim Poordavood, ancient languages, Avesta ابراهیم پور داوود
- Aref Qazvini عارف قزوینی
- Hassan Roshdieh حسن رشدیه
- Táhirih Qorrat al-'Ayn, Babi poetess and theologian
- Farrokhi Yazdi فرخی یزدی
- Muhammad Iqbal محمد اقبال
- Mahmud Saba, poet (malek-o'sho'ara) and painter
20th century
Prose
- Habib Yusufi , writer [1]
- Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer (علی محمد افغانی)
- Bahman Sholevar, writer and poet(بهمن شعله ور)
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
- Ahmad Allahyari, poet , also Journalist (احمد اللهیاری)
- Bozorg Alavi , writer (بزرگ علوی) [2]
- Reza Amirkhani (رضا امیرخانی)
- Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)
- Nader Angha, Sufi master, scholar, poet, and writer (نادر عنقا)
- Sadegh Angha, Sufi master, scholar, poet, and writer (صادق عنقا)
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)
- Reza Baraheni, critic (رضا براهنی)
- Simin Behbahani, poet(سیمین بهبهانی)
- Massoud Behnoud (مسعود بهنود), journalist [3]
- Samad Behrangi, writer (صمد بهرنگی)
- Sadegh Choubak, writer (صادق چوبک)
- Hamid Dabashi, scholar and cultural critic
- Simin Daneshvar (سیمین دانشور)
- Najaf Daryabandari, translator and writer (نجف دريابندری)
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist(علی اکبر دهخدا)
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
- Hushang Ebtehaj, poet(هوشنگ ابتهاج)
- Emad Khorasani, poet (عماد خراسانی)
- Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)
- Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)
- Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
- Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
- Shahrnush Parsipur, Novelist (شهرنوش پارسیپور)
- Muniru Ravanipur,Story writer
- Soleiman Haim, dictionary (سلیمان حییم)
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضا قلیخان هدایت)
- Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت)
- Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright
- Muhammad Iqbal, poet (محمد اقبال)
- Alireza Jafarzadeh, author (عليرضا جعفرزاده)
- Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)
- Farzaneh Aghaeipour (فرزانه آقاییپور)
- Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer (محمد علی جمالزاده)
- Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet
- Ahmad Kasravi (احمد کسروی)
- Esmail Khoi, poet (اسماعیل خویی)
- Mahmud Kianush, poet (محمود کیانوش)
- Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, novelist and playwright
- Monica Malek-Yonan, playwright
- Zabihollah Mansoori, translator (ذبیح الله منصوری)
- Houshang Moradi Kermani (هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی)
- Iraj Rahmani, novelist (ايرج رحمانی)
- Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
- Mohammad Mokhtari(محمد مختاری)
- Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist (غلامحسین مصاحب)
- Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)
- Mansour Khorasani, poet (منصور خراسانی )
- Morteza Motahhari, theologian (مرتضی مطهری)
- Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist (ابراهیم نبوی)
- Nader Naderpour, poet (نادر نادرپور)
- Ahmad Zabeti (احمد ضابطی)
- Said Nafisi, Scholar, poet and writer
- Khosrow Naghed (خسرو ناقد), writer, translator [4]
- Majid M. Naini, writer, translator, speaker [5]
- Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer
- Saadat Noury, poet & journalist (منوچهر سعادت نوری)
- Nima Yushij, poet (نیما یوشیج)
- Iraj Pezeshkzad, novelist (ایرج پزشکزاد)
- Pezhman Bakhtiari , poet (پژمان بختیاری)
- Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh (محمد جعفر پوینده)
- Nosrat Rahmani, poet نصرت رحمانی()
- Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)
- Yasmina Reza (یاسمینا رضا)
- Hasan Husseini
- Hassan Roshdieh (حسن رشدیه)
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi, scholar and writer (محمدامین ریاحی)
- Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی)
- Bahraam Saadeqi (بهرام صادقی)
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی)
- Gholam Hossein Saedi, writer
- Saboktakin Saloor, novelist
- Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
- Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
- Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet [6]
- Dariush Shayegan (داریوش شایگان)
- Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian (علی شریعتی)
- Daryush Shokof , director, script writer,artist, philosopher [7]
- Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher [8]
- Goli Taraghghi, novelist (گلی ترقی)
- Hengameh Mofid, scriptwriter (هنگامه مفيد)
- Kalimollah Tavahhodi , Kanimal , writer
- Arash Hejazi
- Ezzat Goushegir
Contemporary Persian (20th century and beyond)
Contemporary poets from Iran
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)
- Simin Behbahani, poet(سیمین بهبهانی)
- Hushang Ebtehaj, poet(هوشنگ ابتهاج)
- Emad Khorasani, poet (عماد خراسانی)
- Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)
- Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)
- Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
- Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)
- Varand, poet (واراند)
- Esmail Khoi, poet (اسماعیل خویی)
- Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet
- Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
- Pezhman Bakhtiari , poet (پژمان بختیاری)
- Nosrat Rahmani, poet نصرت رحمانی()
- Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)
- Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی)
- Mohammad Mokhtari, Poet
- Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
- Mansour Khorasani
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
- Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet [9]
- Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی)
- Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
- Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
- Siavash Kasraie (سیاوش کسرایی)
- Fereydoun Moshiri (فریدون مشیری)
- Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)
- Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)
- Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما)
- Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی)
- Nima Yushij (نیما یوشیج)
- Shams Langeroodi (شمس لنگرودی)
- Yadollah Royaee (یدالله رویایی)
- Bijan Taraghi (بیژن ترقی)
- Mohammadreza Alidoosti poet (محمدرضا علیدوستی)
- Hamid Mosadegh(حمید مصدق)
- Leili Galehdaran(لیلی گله داران)
- Sima Yari (سیما یاری)
- Heydar Ahmadi (حیدر احمدی)
- Reza Heyrani (رضا حیرانی)
- Omid Shams (امید شمس)
- Bahman Sholevar poet and novelist(بهمن شعله ور)
References
- Morteza Motahhari, Khadamāt-i mutaqābil-i Islām va Īrān, c 1350s Vol 14, p583-590 OCLC 34476860
- E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
- Mohammad Mokhtary Mashhad 1944 - Tehran 2002 . Writer of Siavash nameh Published by Bonyad-e-Shahnameh. writer of Tarikhe ostorehhay-e-Iran. one of the brilliant Persian researchers. Murdered by Islamic regime. He was one of the 72 Persian murdered by Emami terror team ( Ghatlhaye zangirehi). kidnapped on his way home and choked to dead.
- Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ISBN 9027701431 OCLC 460598 LCC PK6097.R913 ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
- ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (1379 (2000)). Dū qarn-i sukūt : sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan. OCLC 46632917, ISBN 964-5983-33-6.
- Mansour Khorasani, Mahnameh Payvand No1-11 1988-1989 Orange CA, Publishing, Writing
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