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The Amber Shell of Self |
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Of Birds and Men - Poems from a Persian DivanPoetry for Mahmud Kianush is the language of the childhood of historical man. He believes the first human beings began to understand the universe and their own existence by the poetical interpretation of everything they saw and felt, and that this is what real poets have always done - and will always do. In a country like Iran, where since the late nineteenth century people and particularly the intelligentsia have been possessed by the politics of freedom and social change, Kianush is prominent among the few poets who have not sacrificed the universal principles of the art of poetry for the pleasure of temporal popularity. He agrees with the ancient idea that man is a political animal', but he adds that man must remain faithful to his primordial nature and first be a poet. Published by: Rockingham Press, 2004 |
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Modern Persian PoetryIran and the Persian language have a rich poetic heritage, extending from a thousand years from the classical era of the 10th - 17th centuries into present day. The greatest influence on modern Persian poetry was Nimâ Yushi (1896-1959) whose revolutionary innovations in form and style still influence the poets of today, although the traditional forms - particularly the gazal, ghasideh and robâ'i continue to be used. Among modern poets, however, social and political themes have been prominent and there have been many notable women poets. Modern Persian poetry includes 129 poems by 43 poets writing at all periods of the 20th Century. Published by: Rockingham Press, 1996 |
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Other books published by Mahmud Kianush: Poetry
Fiction
Poems for Children
Fiction for Children
Literary Criticism
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Shabistan
( The Land of Night)
Copyright © 2006
Mahmud Kianush