Hossein Monzavi | |
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Born | Hossein Monzavi حسین منزوی September 23, 1946 Zanjan, Iran |
Died | May 5, 2004 Tehran, Iran | (aged 57)
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Language | Persian |
Nationality | Iranian |
Citizenship | Iran |
Education | Bachelor of Arts |
Genre | Poet |
Notable awards | Forough Prize |
Children | Ghazal Monzavi |
Hossein Monzavi (Persian: حسين منزوی) (23 September 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 5 May 2004 in Tehran) was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing poems and his lyric poems are primarily in Persian, but he also has contributed to the Azerbaijani language.[1]