Mohammad Hossein Shahriar
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| Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat-Tabrizi (Shahriar) | |
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| Born | 1906 Tabriz, Iran |
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| Died | September 18, 1988 Tehran, Iran, (Buried in Maghbaratol Shoara, Persian: مقبرةالشعرا) |
| Occupation | Persian and Azari Poet |
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat-Tabrizi (Persian: سید محمدحسین بهجت تبریزی) (1906-September 18, 1988), chiefly known by his pen name as Shahriar (or Shahryar / Shahriyar شهریار), was an Iranian Azari poet, writing in Persian and Azerbaijani.
Born in Tabriz, Shahriar came to Tehran in 1921 and continued his studies in the Dar ol-Fonoun high school and started studying medicine after graduation from Dar ol-Fonoun in 1924. But he fell in love, left his studies about a year before receiving his M.D. degree, and went to Khorasan. He returned to Tehran in 1935 and started working in the Agricultural Bank of Iran.
Shahriar published his first book of poems in 1929, with prefaces by Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Saeed Nafisi, and Pezhman Bakhtiari. His poems are mainly influenced by Hafez. His most famous poem Heydar-Baabaayaa Salaam, in Azerbaijani, is considered to be among the best modern poems in the language and has been turned into a few plays.
His most famous Azari work Heydar Babaya Salam, Published in 1954, won the immense affection of Azerbaijani people.
Shahriar was a supporter of the Islamic Republic government of Iran until his death, and his day of death is named the "national day of poem" in Iran.
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| Contemporary literature | Sādeq Hedāyat · Forough Farrokhzad · Šāmlū · Khalilollāh Khalilī · Shahriar · Loiq Sherali | |
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