Wasef Bakhtari
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Wasef Bakhtari (Born 1942 in Balkh, Afghanistan) is a renowned Persian poet, literary figure and intellectual.
Wasef Bakhtari holds a BA degree in Persian from Kabul University. He did his graduate studies in the U.S. and received a masters degree in education from Columbia University in 1976.
In 1996 Bakhtari, then a professor of literature at Kabul University, and his wife Soriya were forced to flee Afghanistan because of the intolerance of the Taliban. They sought refuge in Pakistan, but with a rise in Taliban influence there as well, returned to the United States with the help of World Relief and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, which resettled them in New Port Richey, Florida.[1]
He was under the influence of Rahi Moayeri, Amiri Firoozkouhi and Ahmad Shamlou.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lush, Tamara. "Afghani refugee expresses same horror as Americans". St. Petersburg Times Online. September 14, 2001. (Retrieved November 1, 2006).
- ^ WWW.Afghanasamai.com
