List of Persian poets and authors
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The list is not comprehensive but is continuously being expanded, and is not geographically of what today is Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.
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Before The Islamic conquest of Persia
- Zarathustra, Bactrian prophet and author of the Avestan Gathas (probably 1200 BC)
- Mani, Persian religious leader and founder of Manichaeism (approximately 210-276 A.D.)
Most of the ancient Persian literature was lost during the Islamic conquest of Persia.
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From the Islamic Conquest to the 8th century
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9th century
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10th century
- Ferdowsi, poet (925-1020)
- Abusaeid Abolkheir
- Rudaki
- Abu Mansur Daqiqi
- Mansur Al-Hallaj
- Abolfazl Beyhaghi, historian
- Unsuri
- Rabi'ah Quzdari
- Abu Shakur Balkhi
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11th century
- Ferdowsi, poet (925-1020)
- Omar Khayyám, poet (1048-1131)
- Hujviri d1073
- Abusaeid Abolkheir
- Abdul Qadir Jilani
- Manuchihri
- Nasreddin
- Sanaayi
- Abolfazl Beyhaghi, historian
- Naser Khosrow, traveller, writer and poet
- Farrokhi sistaani(فرخی سيستانی) , poet
- Rabe'e Ghazdari (Rabe'e), poetess
- Baba Tahir Oryan
- Rabi'ah Quzdari
- Abu-al-faraj Runi
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12th century
- Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
- Omar Khayyám, poet (1048-1131)
- Nezami, poet (about 1140-about 1120)
- Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
- Sheikh Ruzbehan
- Abdul Qadir Jilani
- Nasreddin
- Khaqani Shirvani
- Sanaayi
- Muhammad Aufi
- Falaki Shirvani
- Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
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13th century
- Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
- Rumi, poet (1207-1273)
- Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
- Rashid al-Din, (1247-1318)
- Amir Khosravi Dehlavi
- Shams e Tabrizi
- Sheikh Ruzbehan
- Zahed Gilani
- Khwaju Kermani
- Mahmud Shabistari
- Nasreddin
- Najmeddin Razi
- Muhammad Aufi
- Qazi Beiza'i
- Auhadi of Maragheh
- Auhaduddin Kermani
- Ghiyathu'd-Din
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14th century
- Hafez, poet (born about 1310-1325)
- Rashid al-Din, (1247-1318)
- Khosravi Dehlavi
- Shams e Tabrizi
- Khwaju Kermani
- Mahmud Shabistari
- Nasreddin
- Obeid Zakani
- Meulana Shahin Shirazi
- Junayd Shirazi
- Kamaal-al-din Esfehaani
- Jamaal-al-din Esfehaani
- Auhadi of Maragheh
- Ghiyathu'd-Din
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15th century
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16th century
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17th century
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18th century
- Hazin Lahiji (حزین لاهیجی)
- Hatef Esfehani, poet (هاتف اصفهانی)
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19th century
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar
- Iraj Mirza
- Farrokhi yazdi
- Mirzadeh Eshghi
- Aref Qazvini
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist
- Hassan Roshdie
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian
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20th century and beyond
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Prose
- Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer (علی محمد افغانی)
- Ahmad-Reza Ahmadi
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
- Ahmad Allahyari, poet , also Journalist
- Bozorg Alavi (بزرگ علوی)
- Reza Amirkhani
- Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)
- Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی)
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar (محمد تقی بهار)
- Sayed Elan Bahar, from Afghanistan
- Simin Behbahani, poetess
- Massoud Behnoud, historian (مسعود بهنود)
- Samad Behrangi (صمد بهرنگی)
- Samad Behrangi, writer (صمد بهرنگی)
- Ustad Behtab, from Afghanistan
- Sadegh Choubak, writer (صادق چوبک)
- Simin Daneshvar (سیمین دانشور)
- Najaf Daryabandari, translator and writer (نجف دريابندری)
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
- Hushang Ebtehaj
- Emad Khorasani
- Emad Khorasani (عماد خراسانی)
- Parvin E'tesami, poetess
- Farrokhi yazdi (فرخی یزدی)
- Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
- Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
- Soleiman Haim, dictioanary
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian
- Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت)
- Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright
- Muhammad Iqbal (محمد اقبال)
- Iraj Mirza (ایرج میرزا)
- Rohinton Mistry, writer
- Mohsen Jamal
- Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer (محمد علی جمالزاده)
- Mohsen Kadivar (محسن کدیور)
- Ahmad Kasravi (احمد کسروی)
- Ustad Khalilullah Khalili, from Afghanistan[1]
- Esmail Khoi (اسماعیل خویی)
- Mahmud Kianush (محمود کیانوش)
- Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)
- Zabihollah Mansoori, translator (ذبیح الله منصوری)
- Houshang Moradi-Kermani (هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی)
- Mirzadeh Eshghi
- Mohammad Mokhtari(محمد مختاری)
- Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist (غلامحسین مصاحب)
- Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)
- Morteza Motahhari, theologian (مرتضی مطهری)
- Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist (ابراهیم نبوی)
- Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)
- Azar Nafisi, teacher and writer (آذر نفیسی)
- Said Nafisi, Scholar, poet and writer
- Khosro Naghed, writer, translator (خسرو ناقد)
- Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer
- Nima Yushij, poet
- Parwin Pazwak, from Afghanistan
- Iraj Pezeshkzad
- Pezhman Bakhtiari, poet
- Pezhman Bakhtiari (پژمان بختیاری)
- Yar-Ali Pour-Moghaddam, writer and playwright
- Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh
- Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)
- Rahi Mo'ayeri
- Yasmina Reza
- Hassan Roshdie
- Bahraam Saadeqi
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani
- Gholamhossein Sa'edi, writer
- Leila Sarahat Roschani, from Afghanistan
- Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
- Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
- Mohammad Reza Shafii Kadkani, poet
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
- Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو)
- Dariush Shayegan
- Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian
- Mahdi Shojaii (مهدی شجاعی)
- Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
- Goli Taraghghi
- Fereidoon Tavallali
- Vaziri
- Gul M. Zhowandai
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Poetry
- Ahmad Allahyari (احمد اللهياری)
- Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
- Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
- Forough Farrokhzad (فروغ فرخزاد)
- Siavash Kasraie (سیاوش کسرایی)
- Fereydoun Moshiri (فریدون مشیری)
- Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)
- Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)
- Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
- Mohammad Reza Shafii Kadkani (محمد رضا شفیعی کدکنی)
- Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو)
- Nima Yushij (نیما یوشیج)
- Iraj Mirza
- hassan hosseini
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