List of Persian poets and authors

The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Although a few authors in this list do not have their ethnic origin in the Iranian people, 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 (approximately 1150 years ago) all the way down to the works of modern Persian poets. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.

From the 7th to the 8th centuries

• Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (ابن زکریا الرازی)
• Muhammad ibn MÅ«sā al-KhwārizmÄ« (ابن موسی الخوارزمی)
• Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa (ابن مقفع)
• Bukhari (بخاری)
• Sibawayh (سیبویه)
• Baladhuri (بلاذری)

9th century

• Rudaki (رودکی)
• Mansur Al-Hallaj (منصور حلاج)
• Shahid Balkhi (ابوالحسن شهيدبن حسين جهودانکي بلخی)

10th century

• Ferdowsi فردوسی
• Abusaeid Abolkheir ابوسعید ابوالخیر
• Rudaki رودکی
• Abu Mansur Daqiqi ابومنصور دقیقی
• Mansur Al-Hallaj منصور حلاج
• Abolfazl Beyhaghi ابوالفضل بیهقی, historian
• Unsuri عنصری
• Rabi'a Balkhi رابعه بلخی
• Asjadi عسجدی
• Farrukhi Sistani فرخی سیستانی
• Kisai Marvazi کسائی مروزی
• Abu Shakur Balkhi ابوشکور بلخی
• Ayyuqi عیوقی
• Khwaja Abdullah Ansari خواجه عبدالله انصاری

11th century

• Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami (d. 1037)
• Asad Gorgani
• Asjadi
• Ferdowsi, poet (925â€"1020)
• Omar Khayyám, poet (1048â€"1131)
• Hujviri d1073
• Abusaeid Abolkheir
• Sanai Ghaznavi
• Abdul Qadir Jilani
• Manuchihri
• Sanaayi
• Abolfazl Beyhaghi, historian
• Nasir Khusraw, traveller, writer and poet
• Farrokhi Sistani (فرخی سيستانی), poet
• Baba Tahir Oryan
• Rabi'ah Quzdari
• Abu-al-faraj Runi

• Keykavus Eskandar
• Nizam al-Mulk, author of Siyasatnama
• Azraqi
• Masud Sa'd Salman
• Uthman Mukhtari
• Qatran Tabrizi
• Mughatil ibn Bakri
• Asadi Tusi
• Nizami Arudhi Samarqandi
• Nizami
• Imam Muhammad Ghazali
• Abhari

12th century

• Adib Sabir ادیب صابر
• Am'aq عمعق بخارائی
• Anvari انوری ابیوردی
• Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1220) فریدالدین عطار نیشاپوری
• Omar Khayyam, poet (1048â€"1131) عمر خیام
• Nizami, poet (about 1140-about 1203) نظامی
• Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?) سعدی
• Sheikh Ruzbehanشیخ روزبهان
• Abdul Qadir Jilaniعبدالقادر گیلانی
• Khaqani Shirvani خاقانی شروانی
• Sanaayiسنایی
• Sheikh Ahmad Jami
• Muhammad Aufi
• Falaki Shirvani
• Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
• Sanai Ghaznavi, poet
• Mu'izzi
• Ibn Balkhi
• Uthman Mukhtari
• Mahsati, poet مهستی گنجوی
• Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Umari Vatvat خولجه رشید الدین وطواط
• Nizami Arudhi Samarqandiنظامی عروضی سمرقندی

13th century

• Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, poet (1207â€"1273)
• Sultan Walad
• Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
• Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, (1247â€"1318)
• Amir Khosravi Dehlavi
• Shams e Tabrizi
• Sheikh Ruzbehan
• Zahed Gilani
• Khwaju Kermani
• Mahmud Shabistari
• Najmeddin Razi
• Muhammad Aufi
• Qazi Beiza'i
• Auhadi of Maragheh
• Auhaduddin Kermani
• Ghiyathu'd-Din ibn Rashid'ud-Din
• Ata-Malik Juvayni

14th century

• Hafez, poet (born about 1310â€"1325) حافظ
• Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Jewish convert into Islam (1247â€"1318)
• Khosravi Dehlavi,(from India) امیر خسرو دهلوی
• Shams e Tabrizi شمس تبریزی
• Khwaju Kermani خواجوی کرمانی
• Mahmud Shabistari شیخ محمود شبستری
• Obeid Zakani عبید زاکانی
• Meulana Shahin Shirazi
• Junayd Shirazi
• Qasem-e Anvar
• Ghiyathu'd-Din ibn Rashid'ud-Din
• Shah Nimatullah

15th century

• Jami, poet (1414â€"1492)
• Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, poet (1441â€"1501)
• Imrani, poet (1454â€"1536)

16th century

• Teimuraz I of Kakheti (Tahmuras Khan)
• Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546â€"1620)
• Vahshi Bafghi

17th century

• Teimuraz I of Kakheti (Tahmuras Khan)
• Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil (1642â€"1720)
• Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) - Composed the famous Zafarnamah
• Zeb-un-Nissa Makhfi (1637â€"1702)
• Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546â€"1620)
• Bhai Nand Lal (1633â€"1713)

18th century

• Hazin Lahiji (حزین لاهیجی)
• Hatef Esfehani, poet (هاتف اصفهانی)

19th century

• Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, malek al sho'ra محمد تقی بهار(ملک الشعرا)
• Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist and journalist علی اکبر دهخدا
• Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib مرزا اسد اللہ خان غالب
• Mirzadeh Eshghi میرزاده عشقی
• Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian رضا قلی خان هدایت
• Iraj Mirza ایرج میرزا
• Ebrahim Poordavood, ancient languages, Avesta ابراهیم پور داوود
• Aref Qazvini عارف قزوینی
• Hassan Roshdieh حسن رشدیه
• Táhirih Qorrat al-'Ayn, Babi poet and theologian
• Farrokhi Yazdi فرخی یزدی
• Allama Muhammad Iqbal محمد اقبال Allama.

20th century and beyond

• Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik-Persian poet
• Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
• Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)
• Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, writer and translator (احمد کامیابی مسک)
• Ahmad Kasravi (احمد کسروی)
• 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, playwight (بهرام بیضایی)
• Bozorg Alavi, (بزرگ علوی) writer
• Dariush Shayegan (داریوش شایگان)
• Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist (ابراهیم نبوی)
• Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer
• Ezzat Goushegir
• Farzona, poet (Фарзона/فرزانه)
• Farahnaz Amirsoleymani, author and illustrator (فرحناز امیرسلیمانی)
• Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)
• Farzaneh Aghaeipour (فرزانه آقایی‌پور)
• Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی)
• Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)
• Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh, novelist (غزاله علیزاده)
• Gholam Hossein Saedi, writer
• Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist (غلامحسین مصاحب)
• Gulnazar Keldi, Tajik poet
• Hamid Dabashi, scholar and cultural critic
• 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)
• Iraj Rahmani, novelist (ايرج رحمانی)
• Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
• Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)
• Khalilullah Khalili (خلیل الله خلیلی) Poet and writer
• Khosrow Naghed (خسرو ناقد), writer, translator
• Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی)
• Loiq Sher-Ali (لائق شیرعلی), poet from Tajikistan
• Leila Kasra, poet and lyricist
• Leila Farjami, poet
• Mahbod Seraji, Writer (مهبد سراجی)
• Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
• Mahmoud Melmasi - Azarm, poet (محمود ملماسي، آزرم)
• Mahmoud Seraji, poet and author (محمود سراجی)
• Majid M. Naini (مجید نایینی), writer, poet, translator, speaker
• Mana Aghaee, poet, author and translator (مانا آقایی)
• Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
• Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
• Maryam Jafari Azarmani (مریم جعفری آذرمانی)
• 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)
• 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)
• Mirzo Tursunzoda, Tajik poet
• 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 Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضا قلی‌خان هدایت)
• Rosie Malek-Yonan, novelist and playwright
• 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
• Samad Behrangi, writer (صمد بهرنگی)
• Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist (شهرنوش پارسی‌پور)
• Shams Langeroodi, poet (شمس لنگرودی)
• Sheema Kalbasi, poet and translator (شیما کلباسی)
• Shima Nesari Haghighi Fard, poet and writer (شیما نثاری حقیقی فرد)
• Siavash Kasraie poet (سیاوش کسرایی)
• Simin Behbahani, poet (سیمین بهبهانی)
• Fatemeh Shams poet (فاطمه شمس)
• Simin Daneshvar, writer (سیمین دانشور)
• Sipandi Samarkandi, Tajik bilingual poet
• Sohrab Sepehri, poet and painter (سهراب سپهری)
• Syed Waheed Ashraf, Poet, Sufi, Scholar, Critic
• Temur Zulfiqorov, Tajik poet (Темур Зулфиқоров)
• Varand, poet (واراند)
• Yadollah Royaee, poet (یدالله رویایی)
• Yasmina Reza, poet (یاسمینا رضا)
• Zoya Pirzad novelist (زویا پیرزاد)

See also

• Authors from Iran
• Iranian poets
• List of Iranian scientists and scholars
• List of Iranian writers

References

• Morteza Motahhari, Khadamāt-i mutaqābil-i Islām va Īrān, c 1350s Vol 14, p583-590 OCLC 34476860
• E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
• Mohammad Mokhtary Mashhad 1944 â€" Tehran 2002. Writer of Siavash nameh published by Bonyad-e-Shahnameh. writer of Tarikhe ostorehhay-e-Iran. one of the Persian researchers. Murdered by Islamic regime. He was one of the 72 Persians murdered by Emami terror team (Ghatlhaye zangirehi). kidnapped on his way home and choked to dead.
• Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ISBN 90-277-0143-1 OCLC 460598 LCC PK6097.R913 ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
• Ê»Abd al-Ḥusayn ZarrÄ«nʹkÅ«b (1379 (2000)). DÅ« qarn-i sukÅ«t : sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārÄ«khÄ« dar dÅ« qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan. OCLC 46632917. ISBN 964-5983-33-6. 
• R.M. Chopra, "Eminent Poetesses of Persian", 2010, Iran Society, Kolkata.

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