WRITER

Ahmad Shamlou

1925 - 2000

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Ahmad Shamlou (Persian: احمد شاملو, Ahmad Šāmlū Persian pronunciation: [æhˈmæd(-e) ʃɒːmˈluː], also known under his pen name A. Bamdad (Persian: ا. بامداد)) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. His initial poetry was influenced by and in the tradition of Nima Youshij. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Shamlou is the 3,489th most popular writer (down from 2,408th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Iran (down from 240th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 3,489 out of 7,302. Before him are Erri De Luca, Gunnar Heiberg, Yervant Odian, René Barjavel, Jędrzej Śniadecki, and Gabrielle Roy. After him are Lajos Bíró, Doppo Kunikida, Vladislav Vančura, Moses ibn Ezra, Zacharias Werner, and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 235. Before him are Giovanni Coppa, Alberto Grimaldi, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Jacques Fatton, Jimmy Smith, and Philippe Jaccottet. After him are Claude Pinoteau, Arne Åhman, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Wojciech Has, Jonathan Winters, and Doris Roberts. Among people deceased in 2000, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 151. Before him are Elek Schwartz, Jean Carzou, Jerzy Giedroyc, Jean-Claude Izzo, Henck Arron, and Hélène Prévost. After him are Wojciech Has, Dorino Serafini, Ernst Jandl, Jim Varney, Penelope Fitzgerald, and Franco Rossi.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 306 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Mohammad Javad Zarif (1960), Behrouz Vossoughi (1938), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Samad Behrangi (1939), and Nima Yooshij (1897). After him are Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Sami Yusuf (1980), Jamshid Amouzegar (1923), Saib Tabrizi (1592), and Dariush Mehrjui (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 38. Before him are Raffi (1835), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Samad Behrangi (1939), and Nima Yooshij (1897). After him are Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Saib Tabrizi (1592), Simin Daneshvar (1921), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), and Simin Behbahani (1927).

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