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Mehrdad Avesta (Mohammand Reza Rahmani, Persian: مهرداد اوستا; 8 August 1930 – 6 May 1991) was an Iranian poet.

Mehrdad Avesta مهرداد اوستا
مهرداد اوستا
Born	Mohammad Reza Rahmani (1930-08-08)8 August 1930 Borujerd, Iran
Died	6 May 1991(1991-05-06) (aged 60) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Other names	Mohammad Reza Rahmani
Occupation	Scholar
Known for	Scholar of Persian literature, poetry.

He was born in Borujerd (on 8 August 1930) into a literature and art-oriented family. When he was young, he changed his first name from Mohammad Reza to Mehrdad and his family name from Rahmani to Avesta in order to show his passion for ancient Persian culture.[1]

Avesta entered the University of Tehran in 1948 and finished his academic studies in same university with a M.A. degree in Philosophy. When he was 25 years old, he started teaching literature, philosophy and history of arts at the University of Tehran.

He married two times in 1954 and 1966 and he had one son and three daughters. Avesta died in his office at Vahdat Hall of Tehran while he was editing a poem work.

Life

Mehrdad Avesta was born in 1929, in Borujerd. Born to a family of artistic history, he was also greatly interested in art, so he started writing poems from early ages, which were also published. He got his degree in Theology, and then studied philosophy. Along his formal education, he started working as a teacher. Besides, he served in prison for 7 years as a political prisoner, because of his poems against Pahlavi Regime. He got married twice, in 1953 and 1965, and had a son and 3 daughters. He received some practices under supervision of Mone, Russel, Sartre, and Jamalzadeh. He toured around the world, visiting different countries and different people, giving speeches and receiving education in philosophy and theosophy. He had worked as a poetry judge in Music part of Ministry of Culture with Ahmad NikTalab and other Persian famous poets in Vahdat Hall of Tehran.

He died at the age of 62 because of heart attack, and is buried in Behesht-e Zahra in Astists section.

Notable teachers

• Badiozzaman Forouzanfar
• Sebastian Mone

Bibliography

• 1951 – Dvian-e Salman-e Saveji
• 1955 – Aghl-o Eshraq
• 1956 – Resalat-e Khayyam
• 1960 – Az Karevan-e Rafteh
• 1963 – Palizban
• 1965 – Hamase-ye Arash
• 1965 – Az Emrooz Ta Harggez
• 1969 – Ashk-o Sarnevesht
• 1969 – Ravesh Tahghigh dar Dastoor-e Zaban-e Farsi
• 1972 – Sharab-e Khanegi Tars-e Mohtaseb Khordeh
• 1973 – Tirana
• 1981 – Emam, Hamsei Digar

See also

• Persian literature

Notes

External links

• "A short biography"

На других языках

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- [en] Mehrdad Avesta

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[fr] Mehrdad Avesta

Mehrdad Avesta (en persan مهرداد اوستا), né Mohammand Reza Rahmani le 8 août 1930 à Boroudjerd − mort le 6 mai 1991 à Téhéran, est un poète iranien.

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[ru] Мохаммад Реза Рахмани

Мохаммад Реза Рахмани (псевдоним Мехрдад Авеста; перс. مهرداد اوستا‎;  9 февраля 1930 — 7 мая 1991) — иранский поэт, писатель и литературовед.

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