page_title: List of Persian poets and authors
section_title: 20th century and beyond
hierarchical_section_title: List of Persian poets and authors / 20th century and beyond
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Bahram Bayzai (b. 1938), Iranian film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, film editor, producer, and scholar. Licensing Photograph by: Fakhradin Fakhraddini Source: Payvand.com.
context_page_description: The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Although a few authors in this list do not have their ethnic origin, nevertheless they have enriched Persian culture and civilization by their remarkable contributions to the rich Persian literature. The modern Persian speaker comprehends the literature of the earliest Persian poets including founder of the Persian poetry and literature Rudaki all the way down to the works of modern Persian poets. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.
context_section_description: Ali Abdolrezaei (علی عبدالرضایی)
  Hasan Alizadeh, Persian poet
  Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik-Persian poet
  Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
  Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)
  Adib Boroumand,  poet, politician, and lawyer (ادیب برومند)
  Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, writer and translator (احمد کامیابی مسک)
  Ahmad Kasravi (احمد کسروی)
  Ahmad NikTalab (احمد نیک طلب), poet and linguistic
  Ahmad Raza Khan (احمد رضا خان)
  Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet 
  Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist (علی اکبر دهخدا)
  Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer (علی محمد افغانی)
  Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian (علی شریعتی)
  Aref Qazvini, (عارف قزوینی)
  Asad Gulzoda, poet
  Aziz Motazedi, novelist (عزیز معتضدی)
  Bahman Sholevar, writer and poet (بهمن شعله ور)
  Bahram Bayzai, playwright (بهرام بیضایی) 
  Bilal Yousaf, writer, critiquer
  Bozorg Alavi, (بزرگ علوی) writer
  Dariush Shayegan (داریوش شایگان)
  Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist (ابراهیم نبوی)
  Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer
  Esmail Khoi, Poet
  Ezzat Goushegir
  Farzona, poet (Фарзона/فرزانه)
  Farzaneh Aghaeipour (فرزانه آقایی‌پور)
  Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی)
  Fereshteh Ahmadi, writer (فرشته احمدی‎‎)
  Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)
  Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
  Ghazaleh Alizadeh, novelist (غزاله علیزاده)
  Gholam Hossein Saedi, writer
  Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist (غلامحسین مصاحب)
  Gholamreza Rouhani, Poet (غلامرضا روحاني)
  Gulnazar Keldi, Tajik poet
  Hamid Mosadegh(حمید مصدق)
  Hassan Roshdieh (حسن رشدیه)
  Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما)
  Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
  Houshang Moradi Kermani (هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی)
  Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
  Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا) 
  Iraj Pezeshkzad, novelist (ایرج پزشکزاد)
  Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
  Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)
  Khalilullah Khalili (خلیل الله خلیلی) Poet and writer
  Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی)
  Loiq Sher-Ali (لائق شیرعلی), poet from Tajikistan
  Leila Kasra, poet and lyricist
  Mahbod Seraji, Writer (مهبد سراجی)
  Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
  Mahmoud Melmasi - Azarm, poet (محمود ملماسي، آزرم)
  Mahyar Mazloumi, poet (مهیار مظلومی)
  Majid Adibzadeh, writer and scholar (مجید ادیب‌زاده)
  Majid Naficy, poet (مجید نفیسی)
  Majid M. Naini writer, poet, translator, speaker (مجید نایینی)
  Mana Aghaee, poet, author and translator (مانا آقایی)
  Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
  Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
  Maryam Jafari Azarmani (مریم جعفری آذرمانی), poet, critic
  Massoud Behnoud (مسعود بهنود), journalist
  Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
  Mina Assadi, poet, author, journalist and songwriter (مینا اسدی)
  Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
  Mirzo Tursunzoda, Tajik poet
  Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer (محمد علی جمالزاده)
  Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright
  Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
  Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh (محمد جعفر پوینده)
  Mohammad Mokhtari(محمد مختاری)
  Mohammad Reza Ali Payam (Haloo), poet (محمدرضا عالی‌پیام)
  Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی)
  Mohammad-Amin Riahi, scholar and writer (محمدامین ریاحی)
  Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet
  Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)
  Mona Borzouee, poet,lyricist,writer(مونا برزویی)
  Monica Malek-Yonan, playwright
  Morteza Motahhari, theologian (مرتضی مطهری)
  Muhammad Iqbal, poet (محمد اقبال)
  Nader Naderpour, poet (نادر نادرپور)
  Nima Yushij, poet (نیما یوشیج)
  Nosrat Rahmani, poet (نصرت رحمانی)
  Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)
  Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)
  Reza Baraheni, poet and critic (رضا براهنی)
  Reza Khoshnazar, novelist(رضا خوش‌بين خوش‌نظر)
  Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضا قلی‌خان هدایت)
  Roya Hakakian, poet, writer, journalist (رویا حکاکیان)
  Saboktakin Saloor, novelist
  Sadegh Choubak, writer (صادق چوبک)
  Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت)
  Sadriddin Ayni (صدرالدين عيني), Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers of the country's history.
  Saeed Nafisi, scholar, poet and writer
  Sahar Delijani, novelist (سحر دلیجانی)
  Samad Behrangi, writer (صمد بهرنگی)
  Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist (شهرنوش پارسی‌پور)
  Shams Langeroodi, poet (شمس لنگرودی)
  Shamim Hashimi, poet and writer (شمیم 
caption: Bahram Bayzai
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