Mahmoud Seraji

Mahmoud Seraji
Seraji's Official Portrait
Born	(1934-08-23) August 23, 1934 Astara, Gilan, Iran

Mahmoud Seraji (Persian محمود سراجی) is a contemporary Persian poet, and author of numerous books, born in 1934^[1] in the small town of Astara by the Caspian Sea.^[2][3] Much of his writing has been authored under the pen name, M. S. Shahed. According to his own biography, Seraji started writing poetry at the age of nine.^[3] Before earning his law degree from the University of Tehran, he worked in the Iranian Imperial government at the Ministry of Agriculture.^[4] Seraji immigrated to the United States where his son had lived since 1976.^[5] Seraji currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area^[1] near his son, Mahbod Seraji, author of Rooftops of Tehran. He has published many articles and poems in the websites www.iroon.com and www.iranian.com. There, he has found a literary forum to debate and discuss his opinions.^[6][7]

Works

His three books, a trilogy collectively titled Divane Mazamire Eshgh or Love Songs has been critically appraised by Iranian literary critics such as Hassan Nassiri Jaamie PhD, professor of Iranian literate at the University of Mashhad in Razavi Khorasan.^[8]

Shahab Haddadamardani wrote "An Insight to Mahmoud Seraji," discussing Seraji's unique characteristics.^[9] Naghmegare Eshgh, the online critic, also wrote a critique of Seraji's works.^[10]

Poet and critic Reza Tayebi wrote about the trilogy positively in the Pezhvak journal, referring to Seraji as a "first class poet and researcher in the field of pantheism." ^[11] He also wrote positively about Seraji on the Nasime Davand website. ^[12]

Mohammad Reza Navidpour, Iranian literature researcher has referred to Seraji as "the father of Iranian Pantheism" ^[13] and has likened the relationship of Love Songs and Seraji to that of beautiful nature and spring.^[14] He has also performed a full literary analysis of Seraji's works, published in Pezhvak journal.^[15] His final article about Seraji was titled "Thoughts and Memories of Mahmoud Seraji".^[16] Mohammad Sadegh Sahraei, the modern Iranian publisher who published Seraji's books referred to him as "wonderful and different".^[3] Pouneh Azadi, literary critic, also wrote analyses of Seraji's works in both Persian and French.^[17][18]

Morteza Negahi, author and journalist, wrote summaries and explanations of three of Seraji's poems in his website Yoldash.^[19][20][21]

Dr. Esmail Kaypour, in his book, wrote that "People know Seraji as the creator of 'Shathiat', however, I know him as the modern-day Rumi." ^[22]

See also

• List of Persian poets and authors
• List of Iranian writers

External links

E-Books of Seraji's Published Works

• First Book, Shathiat and Mazamir Eshgh
• Second Book, Gerdab
• Third Book, Abshar

References