Hossein Monzavi
| Hossein Monzavi | |
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| Born | Hossein Monzavi
حسین منزوی September 23, 1946 Zanjan, Iran |
| Died | May 5, 2003 Tehran, Iran |
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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) (6 May 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 23 September 2003 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 in both Azerbaijani and Persian.
He was born in Zanjan. After education and living in Tehran for some years, he came back to his hometown. His father Mohammad Monzavi was also a poet that had written some poems in the same languages that wrote imitative poem for Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar's Heydar Babaya Salam.Homayoun Shajarian, a Persian traditional singer, has used lyrics of Hossein Monzavi in Setareh-ha (The Stars) music album. Hossein Monzavi died from cancer in Tehran in 2003.
His Persian works are more than his Azeri. He much used Azeri folklores and legends in his poems. Hossein Monzavi's famous works are:
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