Hossein Monzavi Explained

Hossein Monzavi
Birth Name:Hossein Monzavi
حسین منزوی
Birth Date:23 September 1946
Death Place:Tehran, Iran
Language:Persian
Nationality:Iranian
Citizenship:Iran
Education:Bachelor of Arts
Genre:Poet
Children:Ghazal Monzavi
Awards:Forough Prize

Hossein Monzavi (Persian: حسين منزوی) (23 September 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 5 May 2004 in Tehran) was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing poems and his lyric poems are primarily in Persian, but he also has contributed to the Azerbaijani language.[1]

Life

He was born in Zanjan. After education and living in Tehran for some years, he came back to his hometown. His father Mohammad Monzavi was also a poet that had written some poems in the same languages that wrote imitative poetry for Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar's Heydar Babaya Salam.[2] Homayoun Shajarian, a Persian traditional singer, has used lyrics of Hossein Monzavi in Setareh-ha (The Stars) music album.[3] Hossein Monzavi died from Pulmonary embolism in Tehran in 2003.[4]

Works

Monzavi frequently used Azeri folklores and legends in his poems. Hossein Monzavi's famous works are:

Notes and References

  1. News: Death ended Hossein Monzavi's isolation.. 16 August 2017. Jamejam Online. fa. May 5, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20150606035219/http://www1.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100004179818. 6 June 2015. dead.
  2. [:az:حسین منزوی]
  3. [:fa:حسین منزوی]
  4. Web site: Hossein Monzavi's works rendered into German. Iran Book News Agency (IBNA). 2011-06-05. 2009-10-17.