Persian literature

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Persian literature is literature written in Persian, or by Persians in other languages.

Notable Forms and Genres

• Ghazal

Noted Authors

Classic

• Ferdowsi, poet (925-1020)
• Omar Khayyam, poet (1048-1131)
• Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
• Nizami, poet (about 1140-about 1120)
• Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
• Rumi, poet (1207-1273)
• Rashid al-Din, historian (1247-1318)
• Hafez, poet (born about 1310-1325)
• Jami, poet (1414-1492)

Modern

• Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
• Houshang Golshiri
• Sadegh Hedayat
• Jamalzadeh
• Ahmad Shamlou

Reference

Alamgir Hashmi, The Worlds of Muslim Imagination (1986) ISBN 0005004071.

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