Ostad shahriar biography of williams

The National Day of Persian Poetry and Literature is observed every year on the death anniversary of the most prominent figure of contemporary Persian poetry Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi – Shahriar, which falls on Monday this year.

As the most prominent figure of contemporary Persian poetry, Shahriar was mainly influenced by the poetry of Hafez, a Persian poet writing in the 14th century.

Shahriar published his first book of poems in 1929 with prefaces by Persian literature scholars Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Saeid Nafisi, and Pejman Bakhtiari.

Although Shahriar wrote in various forms, including lyrics, quatrains, couplets, odes, and elegies, he composed some of his most appreciated poems in the traditional genre of ghazal.

His lyrical poems could be divided into three broad categories religious, panegyric, and love poems, although the lines between the three are blurred.

Shahriar’s poetry has influenced many traditionalist and neo-traditionalist contemporary Persian poets, includ