Persian literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources have been within Greater Iran including present-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, and Turkey, regions of Central Asia, South Asia and the Balkans where the Persian language has historically been either the native or official language. For example, Rumi, one of the best-loved Persian poets, born in Balkh or Wakhsh, wrote in Persian and lived in Konya, at that time the capital of the Seljuks in Anatolia. The Ghaznavids conquered large territories in Central and South Asia and adopted Persian as their court language. There is thus Persian literature from Iran, Mesopotamia, Azerbaijan, the wider Caucasus, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Tajikistan and other parts of Central Asia, as well as the Balkans. Not all Persian literature is written in Persian, as some consider works written by ethnic Persians or Iranians in other languages, such as Greek and Arabic, to be included. At the same time, not all literature written in Persian is written by ethnic Persians or Iranians, as Turkic, Caucasian, Indic and Slavic poets and writers have also used the Persian language in the environment of Persianate cultures.
Seyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher, socio-political critic, sociologist, as well as an anthropologist who was "one of the earliest and most prominent of contemporary Iranian ethnographers". He popularized the term gharbzadegi – variously translated in English as "westernstruck", "westoxification", and "Occidentosis" – producing a holistic ideological critique of the West "which combined strong themes of Frantz Fanon and Marx".
Reza Amirkhani is a contemporary Iranian novelist.
Simin Dāneshvar was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer, and translator.
Ghassan Hamdan is an Iraqi scholar, poet and translator.
Hamid Reza Sadr was an Iranian football and film critic, journalist, author, university professor, historian, and economist. Sadr earned a Ph.D. in urban planning after studying at both the University of Tehran and the University of Leeds in England. He was well known for his publications on various subjects such as football, cinema, and non-fiction based on history and social studies.
Ahmad AkbarpourAhmad AkbarpūrPersian pronunciation:[æhˈmæd(-e)ækbærpuːr], born July 31, 1970, in Chah Varz, Lamerd, Fars Province, is a novelist and author of short stories and children's books.
Reza Ghassemi is an Iranian novelist and musician.
Habib Ahmadzadeh is an Iranian author novelist and scriptwriter, born in 1963 in Abadan. The Iran–Iraq War features heavily in his work, with observations of human existence and human interactions in wartime informed by his own wartime service. During the war, he rose from being a teenage volunteer Basiji militiaman to becoming a captain in the regular army.
Taleqan County is in Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Taleqan, formerly Shahrak.
The Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award is an Iranian literary award notable for being one of the few literary awards in Iran that is run by a non-governmental organization. Established in 2000, the award is sponsored by the non-profit Golshiri Foundation. The award focuses on modern contemporary Iranian literature. It is named in honor of Hooshang Golshiri, one of the most distinguished pioneers of Iranian modern fiction, who died in 2000. The first award was given in 2001.
Aliqoli Mirza Qajar was an Iranian prince of Qajar dynasty and scholar who served as the first Minister of Science in Qajar Iran. He was the forty-seventh son of Fath-Ali Shah, King of Iran. Aliqoli Mirza was fascinated by the European Enlightenment and tried to spread its ideals in Iran. During the heyday of the Dar ul-Funun college, he was the headmaster of the school and played a key role in its survival.
One Woman's War: Da (Mother) is a memoir by Seyyedeh Zahra Hosseini detailing her experiences during the Iran–Iraq War as recorded by Seyedeh Azam Hosseini.
Noureddin, Son of Iran is the memoirs of Sayyid Noureddin Afi from the 80 months of his participation in the Iran–Iraq war. Noureddin, Son of Iran led to Afi's reputation in Iran after it was published by Sureye Mehr Publication in 2011. In 1994, Mousa Ghayour recorded the memoirs of Noureddin Afi in Turkish and it was presented as a written book by Masoume Sepehri years later. This book consisted of 18 chapters along with photographs. The narrator mentions a dream as the reason of producing this war memoir. Noureddin, Son of Iran received an honorable mention in the "Memoir" category of the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards (2012).
Abdolali Dastgheib is an Iranian literary critic, writer, translator and author of 66 books and numerous articles.
Sadegh Karamyar is an Iranian writer, journalist, screenwriter, and film director. He is best known for his novels, particularly Namira (Immortal) and Ghanimat. He is the screenwriter and director of such TV series as Yek Rooz Ghabl
Alef-Laam Khomeini is a book written by Hedayatollah Behboudi, which is regarding the biography of Iran's 1st/former supreme leader, Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini. This book was published by the institute of "Motale'at wa Pazhuheshhaye Siasi" in 2018; and has obtained Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award, and also Iran's Book of the Year Awards.
Ali Latifiyan, is an Iranian writer, researcher, social-political theorist, historian. Most of his theories and researches are in the field of enlightenment, intellectualism, liberalism and Iranian culture.
