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Persian literature is literature written in Persian, or by Persians in other languages. Persian literature is one of the most extensive literatures of the world with a tradition of over 1000 years.
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Notable forms and genres
Noted authors
Classic
- Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
- Ferdowsi, poet (925-1020)
- Hafez, poet (born about 1310-1325)
- Jami, poet (1414-1492)
- Omar Khayyam, poet (1048-1131)
- Nezami, poet (about 1140-about 1120)
- Rumi, poet (1207-1273)
- Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
- Rashid al-Din, historian (1247-1318)
- Rudaki
- Manuchihri
- Khaqani
- Unsuri
- Naser-khosrow
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Beyhaqi
(incomplete)
Modern
Prose
- Bozorg Alavi (بزرگ علوی)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
- Samad Behrangi (صمد بهرنگی)
- Simin Daneshvar (سیمین دانشور)
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
- Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
- Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت)
- Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh (محمد علی جمالزاده)
Also see: category:Iranian writers
Poetry
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
- Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
- Forough Farrokhzad (فروغ فرخزاد)
- Siavash Kasraie (سیاوش کسرایی)
- Fereydoun Moshiri (فریدون مشیری)
- Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)
- Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)
- Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
- Mohammad Reza Shafii Kadkani (محمد رضا شفیعی کدکنی)
- Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو)
- Nima Yushij (نیما یوشیج)
Also see: category:Iranian poets
Further reading
- E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing)