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Articles
A Brief History of Persian Literature
From early Persian Language to revolutionary poets of 20th century.
The History of Female Storywriters
By: Hassan Mirabedini, 2005
Images of Women in Classical Persian Literature & the Contemporary Iranian Novel
By: Dr. Azar Nafisi, 2003
The Quest for the "real" woman in the Iranian novel: Representations of privacy in literature and film
By: Azar Nafisi, 2003
Phoenix From the Ashes: A Tale of the Book in Iran
By: Azar Mahloujian, 2002
Language of the Armies (Urdu: A Derivative of Persian and Avestan)
By: Dr. Samar Abbas, 2002
The Persian Novel
By: Houra Yavari, 2002
The Persian Short Story
By: Houra Yavari, 2002
The position of Zazaki among west Iranian languages 
By: Dr. Ludwig Paul, 2002
Is Rumi what we think he is?
By: Massoume Price, 2002
Symbolism of women in Hedayat's "Blind Owl"
By: Massoume Price, 2001
Translation Movements in Iran; Sassanian Era, to Year 2000, Expansion, Preservation and Modernization
By: Massoume Price, 2000
The image of women in Iranian Islamic writing
By: Asad Seif, 1999
A Political Review of Iranian Contemporary Poetry
By: Mohammad Ali Ghazalsofli, 1998
Deserts in Persian Literature
By: Mahin Tajadod, 1994
A Mythological Glance at Demons in Ancient Iranian Literature
By: Mansour Yaqouti
History of Persian or Parsi Language
By: Fariborz Rahnamoon
Influence of Iranian Literature on Turkish Literature
Iranian art and poetry in the works of European poets
By: Farideh Motakef
Islam and poetry in Iran
By: Asad Seif
Persian Language
History and Origins of Persian (Farsi) and Dari-Persian language.
By: UCLA, Language Materials Projects
The Development of the Arts of the Book in Early Islamic Art of Persia
By: Dr. Mohammad Khazaie
Tahmasbi Shahnameh
By: Dr. Habibollah Ayatollahi
Biographies
Akhavan Sales, Mehdi ( 1928 - 1990 )
One of the best contemporary Persian poets, particularly of modern style epics.
Al Ahmad, Jalal ( 1923 - 1969 )
A prominent Iranian writer, thinker and sociopolitical critic.
Alavi, Bozorg ( 1904 - 1997 )
A great name in Persian literature & Iranian political circuit.
Attar, Farid o-Din ( 1119 - 1220 CE )
One of the most mystic poets of Iran.
Baba Teher Oryan Hamadani ( ? - 1019 CE )
One of the most eminent mystics of his time.
Behbahani, Simin ( 1927 - )
A leading feminist figure in persian poetry.
Behrangi, Samad ( 1939 - 1968 )
The best known Iranian writer of children's stories.
Choubak, Sadeq ( 1916 - 1998 )
A writer sympathetic to the miseries of the downtrodden people.
Daneshvar, Simin ( 1921 - )
The most outstanding and famous woman writer of fiction in Persian literature.
Dehkhoda, Ali Akbar ( 1879 - 1956 )
Father of the monumental Persian Encyclopedic-Dictionary, "Loghat-Nameh Dehkhoda".
Etesami, Parvin ( 1907 - 1940 )
One of the most famous woman in the history of Persian literature.
Farrokhzad, Forough ( 1935 - 1967 )
One of the most famous woman in the history of Persian literature.
Ferdowsi Tousi, Hakim Abul-Ghasem ( 935 - 1020 CE )
The greatest Persian poet, author of the Shahnameh (The Epic of Kings).
Golshiri, Houshang ( 1937 - 2000 )
Fiction writer, critic and editor.
Hafez Shirazi, Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad ( 1319 - 1389 CE )
He integrated wisdom and language in the form of mystical poetry.
Hedayat, Sadeq ( 1903 - 1951 )
The foremost short story writer of Iran.
Jami, Nour o-Din ( 1414 - 1492 CE )
He said "Ordinary human love is capable of raising man to the experience of real love".
Khayyam, Omar ( 1044 - 1123 CE )
The Astronomer- Mathematician- Philosopher- and Physician-Poet of Persia.
Molavi Rumi, Jalal-e-Din Mohammad ( 1207 - 1273 CE )
A great Sufi poet, Islamic and Tasawwof (Sufism) philosopher.
Moshiri, Fereydoon ( 1926 - 2000 )
Poet of love, peace, friendship and serving mankind.
Naderpour, Nader ( 1929 - 2000 )
A classic poet living in a modern world with a modern style.
Nezami Ganjawi ( 1141 - 1203 CE )
It seems that with every book he wrote, he gave a sacrifice.
Roudaki, Abdollah Jafar Ibn Mohammad ( 858 - 941 CE )
One of the first poets to use Persian after the Arab invasion.
Saadi Shirazi, Sheikh Mosleh al-Din ( 1200 - 1292 CE )
Poet, prose writer and thinker.
Sa'edi, Gholamhossein ( 1935/6 - 1985 )
Writer of fiction, dramatist and political activist.
Sepehri, Sohrab ( 1928 - 1980 )
One of the Iran's most celebrated contemporary poet; he was poet and painter.
Shamlou, Ahmad ( 1925 - 2000 )
Iran's most celebrated contemporary poet; journalist, playwriter and translator.
Yoshij, Nima ( 1896 - 1960 )
The Father of modern Persian poetry or she’r-e no ("new poetry").
Literary Works
 Rubaiyat Khayyam ( Quatrains )
By: Omar Khayyam
Shahnameh ( The Epic of Kings )
One of the definite classics of the world, it tells kings and heros tales of ancient Persia.
By: Hakim Abul-Ghasem Ferdowsi Toosi
The following books or articles are in PDF  format. |
Masnavi-e Manavi (1568 KB, in English)
By: Molana Jalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi
The Bostan of Saadi (596 KB, in English)
By: Sheikh Mosleh al-Din Saadi Shirazi
The Golestan of Saadi (1570 KB, in English)
By: Sheikh Mosleh al-Din Saadi Shirazi
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