Siavash Kasrai

Siavash Kasrai
سیاوش کسرائی
Born(1927-02-25)25 February 1927
Died8 February 1996(1996-02-08) (aged 68)
Resting placeVienna Central Cemetery
NationalityIran
Alma materDar ul-Funun
University of Tehran
Known forpoem

Siavash Kasrai (February 25, 1927 – February 8, 1996; Persian: سیاوش کسرائی)[1] was an Iranian poet, literary critic and novelist. He is well-known for his epic poem of Arash the Archer written in the late 1950s. An active supporter of the Communist Tudeh Party of Iran from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s, he distanced himself from its leadership in 1988–1990, and turned into an outspoken critic in the mid 1990s.

  1. ^ Ābedi, Kāmyār ʿ (2009). "KASRA'I, Siavash". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2021-04-06.