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Ahmad Shamloo
Ahmad Shamlou, also known under his pen name A. Bamdad was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. His initial poetry was influenced by and in the tradition of Nima Yooshij. In fact, Abdolali Dastgheib, Iranian literary critic, argues that Shamlou is one of the pioneers of modern Persian poetry and has had the greatest influence, afte…
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culture · Iranian poet and writer (1925–2000) · linguist · poet · journalist · writer · translator · dub director · literary critic · lexicographer · dub actor · also Ahmad Shamloo, Ahmad Shamlou, Shamloo
Born 12 December 1925 · Died 24 July 2000 · Q366521
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2013· 1 entry
2000· 2 entries
Died 2000-07-24.
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She became an instrumental figure in Shamlou's life, and they remained together until his death in 2000.
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Stig Dagerman Prize (1999).
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Was presented with the Stig Dagerman Prize by the Swedish Foundation
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1997· 1 entry
His right foot was amputated due to severe diabetic problems
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1995· 1 entry
Finished the translation of And Quiet Flows The Don
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1994· 1 entry
Toured Sweden, invited by his Swedish editor Masoud Dehghani Firouzabadi, giving numerous lectures and readings
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1992· 1 entry
His work Sacred Words appeared in Armenian and English
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1991· 1 entry
Toured Europe again and returned to Iran for another four years of intensive work
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1989· 1 entry
The Persian-Canadian composer Sheida Gharachedaghi wrote an opera based on the English translation of Shamlou's The Fairies
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1988· 1 entry
Was invited by Interlit, the World Literary Congress
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1984· 1 entry
Was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature
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1980· 1 entry
Owing to the harsh political situation in Iran, he led a rather secluded life that would last for the next eight years, working with Ayda on The Book Of Alley, as well as many other literary endeavors, including a transl
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1978· 1 entry
Left the United States for Britain to act as the editor-in-chief for a new publication called Iranshahr; he resigned after 12 issues and returned to Iran just after the advent of the Iranian Revolution
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1977· 2 entries
Published his new poem, Dagger on the Plate
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One year before the revolution, he signed an open letter which supported the rights of gathering for members of The Writers Association of Iran
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1976· 2 entries
Travelled to the United States and gave poetry readings in many cities
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Left his country as a form of protest against censorship and the suffocating political atmosphere
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1975· 1 entry
Published his work and study of Hafez
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1973· 2 entries
Awarded Forough Faroukhzad Award (1973).
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Two new collections, Abraham in Fire and Doors and the Great China Wall, were released, along with several new translations
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1972· 1 entry
Taught Persian literature at the University of Tehran
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1971· 1 entry
Redid some of his earlier translations
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1969· 1 entry
His weekly magazine was closed down by the police
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1968· 1 entry
Began his study of Hafez, the classical grand poet of the Persian language; translated García Lorca's poems and Song of Solomon from the Old Testament; organized a week of poetry reading for established and new Irania
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1966· 1 entry
Another new collection of poems was published, called Phoenix in the Rain, and his literary magazine was banned by the Ministry of Information (SAVAK)
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1962· 1 entry
His translations of André Gide and Robert Merle were published
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1961· 1 entry
Became editor-in-chief of Ketab-e-Hafte, a magazine that changes the tradition and language of literary journalism in Iran
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1960· 1 entry
A new collection of his poems, The Garden of Mirrors, was released
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1959· 1 entry
Began publishing short stories for children, as well as directing documentary films and working for film studios
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1958· 1 entry
Establishing Shamlou's authority as a translator
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1957· 1 entry
After several years of conflict and long separation
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1955· 1 entry
Translated and published three novels by European writers
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1948· 1 entry
Started to write in a literary monthly called Sokhan-no
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1947· 1 entry
With an introduction of Ebrahim Dilmaghanian
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1945· 1 entry
Made a final attempt at completing his high school degree in Urmia, but failed
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1942· 1 entry
And the rest of the family once again left Tehran to move to Gorgan
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1925· 3 entries
Born 1925-12-12.
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“they whip the love near the post barrier the love should be hidden in the back room of the house... it is a strange time baby ... He knocks on the door at night has coming for killing the light light must be hidden in the back room of the house”
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“I am not a story to tell me I am not a song to sing me I am not a sound to hear me or something so that you see me or something so that you know me I am the common pain cry me”
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1917· 1 entry
His second marriage to Tusi Hayeri Mazandarani (1917–1996) who was older than Shamlou, ended in divorce in 1963 after four years of marriage.
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