Biography

Ahmad Shamloo (Persian: احمد شاملو‎, Ahmade Šāmlū Persian pronunciation: [æhˈmæd(-e) ʃˈɒːmluː], also known under his pen name A. Bamdad (Persian: ا. بامداد‎)) (December 12, 1925 – July 24, 2000) was a Persian 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 Youshij. Shamlou's poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is simple. As the base, he uses the traditional imagery familiar to his Iranian audience through the works of Persian masters like Hafiz and Omar Khayyám. For infrastructure and impact, he uses a kind of everyday imagery in which personified oxymoronic elements are spiked with an unreal combination of the abstract and the concrete thus far unprecedented in Persian poetry, which distressed some of the admirers of more traditional poetry.

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Books by Ahmad Shamlu

Mis̲l-i khūn dar ragʹhā-yi man
Mis̲l-i khūn dar ragʹhā-yi man
2015
Rūznāmah-yi safar maymanatʹas̲
Rūznāmah-yi safar maymanatʹas̲ar-i iyālāt-i mutafarriqah-yi Imrīgh
2014
Khānah-yi man dar intihā-yi ja
Khānah-yi man dar intihā-yi jahān ast
2011
PLUME D'OR
PLUME D'OR
2007
Lālāyī bā shaypūr
Lālāyī bā shaypūr
2006
Nāmʹhā va nishānahʹhā dar dast
Nāmʹhā va nishānahʹhā dar dastūr-i zabān-i Fārsī
2006
The love poems of Ahmad Shamlu
The love poems of Ahmad Shamlu
2006
Kitāb-i shiʻr
Kitāb-i shiʻr
2005
Nukhustīn haftah-ʼi shiʻr-i Kh
Nukhustīn haftah-ʼi shiʻr-i Khūshah
2005
A Conversation with Modern Persian Poets
A Conversation with Modern Persian Poets
2004
Miyān-i khvurshīdʹhā-yi hamīsh
Miyān-i khvurshīdʹhā-yi hamīshah
2002
Rūzgār-i gharībī ast, nāzinīn
Rūzgār-i gharībī ast, nāzinīn
2002
Rūzgār-i gharībīʹst, nāzinīn
Rūzgār-i gharībīʹst, nāzinīn
2002
Sitārah-i bārān-i javāb-i yak
Sitārah-i bārān-i javāb-i yak salām
2002
Majmūʻah-yi ās̲ār
Majmūʻah-yi ās̲ār
2001
Qiṣṣahʹhā-yi kitāb-i kūchah
Qiṣṣahʹhā-yi kitāb-i kūchah
2001
Daughters of Mother Sea
Daughters of Mother Sea
1999
The Man Without Lips
The Man Without Lips
1999
Bunʹbastʹhā va babrʹhā-yi ʻāsh
Bunʹbastʹhā va babrʹhā-yi ʻāshiq
1998
Yādnāmah-yi nukhustīn haftah-y
Yādnāmah-yi nukhustīn haftah-yi shiʻr-i Khūshah
1998
Dar āstānah
Dar āstānah
1997
Dar jidal ba khamushi
Dar jidal ba khamushi
1997
Darʹ hā va dīvār-i buzurg-i Ch
Darʹ hā va dīvār-i buzurg-i Chīn
1997
Hymnes d'amour et d'espoir
Hymnes d'amour et d'espoir
1994
Guft va gū bā Aḥmad Shāmlū, Ma
Guft va gū bā Aḥmad Shāmlū, Maḥmūd Dawlatʹābādī, Mahdī Akhavān S̲ālis̲
1993
قصه‌های کتاب کوچه
قصه‌های کتاب کوچه
1992
Hunar va adabīyāt-i imrūz
Hunar va adabīyāt-i imrūz
1986
Qaṭʻnāmah
Qaṭʻnāmah
1985
Yādʹnāmah-ʾi nukhustīn haftah-
Yādʹnāmah-ʾi nukhustīn haftah-ʾi shiʻr-i Khūshah, 24-28 Shahrīvar māh 1347
1984
Kitab-i kuchah
Kitab-i kuchah
1978
Havā-yi tāzah
Havā-yi tāzah
1974
Dar'hā va dīvār-i buzurg-i Chī
Dar'hā va dīvār-i buzurg-i Chīn navishtȧh'hā-yi kutāh
1973
Āydā dar āyinah va laḥẓah'hā v
Āydā dar āyinah va laḥẓah'hā va hamīshah
1971
Barguzīdah-ʾi shʻirha-yi Ahmad
Barguzīdah-ʾi shʻirha-yi Ahmad Shāmlū
1969
Ghazal-i ghazal-hā-yi Sulaymān
Ghazal-i ghazal-hā-yi Sulaymān
1969
Marsīyah' hā-yi khāk
Marsīyah' hā-yi khāk
1969
Yād nāmah-i nakhustīn haftah-'
Yād nāmah-i nakhustīn haftah-'i shi'r-i Khūshah
1968
Az havā va āyinahʹhā
Az havā va āyinahʹhā
1967
Bunbastha va babrha-yi ashiq (
Bunbastha va babrha-yi ashiq (Guzinah-yi shir-i muasir)
Hadis-i biqarari-yi Mahan
Hadis-i biqarari-yi Mahan
Shikuftan dar mih
Shikuftan dar mih
Taranahha-yi kuchak-i ghurbat
Taranahha-yi kuchak-i ghurbat