Mehdi Achawan Sales
Mehdi Achawan Sales ( Persian مهدی اخوان ثالث, DMG Mehdi-ye Aḫawān-e Sales , ; English Mehdi Akhavan-Sales ; * March 1, 1929 in Mashhad , Iran ; † August 26, 1990 in Tehran ) pseudonym M. Omid ( م. امید, 'Hope') was an Iranian poet. He is one of the pioneers of free verse poetry in the Persian language. In his works, elements of classical Persian poetry are combined with innovations in modern Persian poetry by Nimā Juschidsch .
Life
Achawan-e Sales was born in Mashhad in 1928 . After graduating from high school, he was initially an elementary school teacher. He was imprisoned with other political activists after the fall of Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. His daughter Laleh was born while in captivity.
After his release from prison in 1957, he began working on the radio in Tehran and was shortly thereafter transferred to Chuzestan to work for television. He later taught literature on radio and television as well as at university. After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, he was accepted into the Iranian Academy of Artists and Writers . In 1981 he was forced to resign from public work without pay. In 1990 he traveled abroad for the first time with an invitation from a German artist organization. A few months after his return he died in Mehr Hospital in Tehran. He was buried in the area of the mausoleum of Ferdausi in Tūs .
Works
- Poems
- Organon (Arghanoon ارغنون, 1951)
- Winter (Zemestan زمستان, 1956)
- The Ending of Schahname (Āchar-e Schāhnāmeh, Tehran آخر شاهنامه, 1959)
- Dandelion seeds. (translated by Kurt Scharf): In: die horen 26 (1981), Volume 2, Edition 122, p. 18 f.
- From This Avesta (From This Awesta) (از اين اوستا, 1965)
- The Hunt (Manzoomeye Shekar, 1966)
- Autumn in Prison (Paeez dar Zendan, 1969)
- Love Lyrics and Azure (Aasheghaneha va kabood عاشقانه ها و کبود, 1969)
- Best Hope (Behtarin omid, 1969)
- Selected Poems (Ghozideh-ye Ash-aar, Tehran 1970)
- The Quail's Song. (translated by Kurt Scharf) In: die horen 26 (1981), Volume 2, Issue 122, p. 16
- In the Autumn's Small Yard in Prison (Dar hayate koochak paeez dar zendan در حياط کوچک پاييز در زندان, 1976)
- Hell, but Cold (Duzakh amma sard, 1978)
- Life Dictates: Still We Must Live (Zendegi migooyad amma baaz bayad zist زندگي مي گويد: اما بايد زيست, 1978)
- O You Ancient Land, I Love Thee (Tora aye kohan boom o bar doost daram تو را اي کهن بوم و بر دوست دارم, 1989)
- Other books
- I Saw Susa (Shush-ra Didam, 1972)
- They Say That Ferdowsi (Guyand Ki Ferdowsi, 1976)
- An Ancient Tree and the Forest (Derakhti Pir va Jangal درخت پير و جنگل, 1977)
- And Now a New Spring (Inak Bahar-i Digar, 1978)
- Fight on, O Hero (Bejang, Ey Pahlavan, 1978)
- Nima Yushij 's Innovations and Aesthetics (Bed'atha va Badaye'I Nima Yushij بدعت ها و بدايع نيما يوشيج, 1979)
- Nima Yushij's Bequest (Ata va Laqa-i Nima Yushij عطا و لقاي نيما يوشيج, 1983)
swell
- Biography on the BBC website (Persian)
- Biography at Aftabnews (Persian)
- Biography (English)
- Mehdi Achawān-Ssāless. In: Kurt Scharf: “No longer bear the silence on your lips, you country!” On contemporary Persian poetry. die horen 26 (1981), Volume 2, Edition 122, pp. 9-32; P. 16–19 (with publisher's information p. 163)
Web links
- Iran Chamber Chamber Society (English)
- Peik-e Hafte (Persian)
- A Brief Note on the Life of Mehdi Akhavan Sales by Iraj Bashiri (English)
- Sahar (Dawn), a musical piece, sung by Soheil Naffisi and appearance of Sahar Dowlatshahi (2003), based on the poem Shabhā va Shab (Nights and Night) from the collected poems Duzakh Ammā Sard (Hell, but Cold) by Mehdi Akhavan Sales: YouTube (2 min 39 sec).
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.mefda.ir/news/48132/
- ↑ https://www.isna.ir/news/97120100477/
- ↑ http://www.chtn.ir/news/ID/145551/
- ↑ Kurt Scharf: “No longer bear the silence on your lips, you country!” On contemporary Persian poetry. die horen 26 (1981), pp. 9-32; P. 18 f.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Achawan Sales, Mehdi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Akhavan Sales, Mehdi; Akhavan-Saless Mehdi; مهدی اخوان ثالث (Persian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Persian poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mashhad |
DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1990 |
Place of death | Tehran |