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Parviz Shapour (Persian: پرویز شاپور; b. February 25, 1924 – d. August 6, 1999)[1] was an Iranian artist and man of letters known for his witticisms and for his brief and troubled marriage to poet Forough Farrokhzad. He was a student of Nima Youshij and attended Sanati School. In 1952, at the age of 31, he began his career as V.P. of Finance in Iran's Finance Ministry and Ahvaz after earning a bachelor's degree in economics.[2][3] By 1958 his stories were published once a week in Tofiegh magazine.[4]
He married Forough Farrokhzad in 1950; they had a son, Kāmyār Shapour, before divorcing in 1955. Parviz then lived with his son and his brother, Khosro.
In 1968 Shapour collaborated with Ahmad Shamlou, editor of the art magazine Khoosheh (cluster) Journal, and one of Iran's most celebrated poets.[3] Shamlou gave the name "Cari-kalamator", or word-caricature, to Shapour's writings. These short humorous sentences proved to be wildly popular with the Iranian public, and helped to make Shapour into one of Iran's cultural and literary leaders. Shapour's writings have been described as "cartoons expressed as words."[5]
- ^ "مردي كه به بازي با كلمات عشق مي ورزيد". Iran (in Persian). 15 March 2002. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Writers: Parviz Shapour". iranam.com [dead link].
- ^ a b "Literature of Iran: Parviz Shapour". www.caroun.com.
- ^ Asdipour, Bijan (1976). Funan Namah: joint designs of Bijan Asdipour and Parviz Shapour. p. 130. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Writers: Parviz Shapour". iranam.com.