Directory of Iranian Resources

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Subcategories

• Myths
• Omar Khayyam
• Rumi

Resources in This Category

• A Tribute to Sadeq Hedayat

  http://www.blindowl.org/
  Hedayat's biography, photographs, genealogy and artwork. English translations and reviews of his work.

• Ahmad Shamlu

  http://www.shamlu.com/
  The official site of Ahmad Shamlu, Iran's great contemporary poet.

• Alireza Behnam

  http://alirezabehnam.tripod.com/
  Poetry, news, and bibliography of this Iranian journalist and language poet.

• Art Arena: Writer's Corner

  http://www.art-arena.com/literature.htm
  Provides English translations of modern Persian poetry and prose. Features works by Mahmud Kianush and Pari Mansouri.

• Forugh Farrokhzad

  http://www.forughfarrokhzad.org/
  Forum for all those who have been touched by Forugh's poetry, life and liberation.

• Hafiz On Love

  http://www.hafizonlove.com/
  Poetry of Hafiz in the original Persian and in English translations, biography, art gallery and links.

• Persian Poetry: Verses from Rumi and Khayyam

  http://blissbat.net/rambles/persian.html
  English translations of and information about Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi and Omar Khayyam, including side-by-side comparisons of various translations.

• Persian Poets and Poetry

  http://www.bestirantravel.com/culture/poetry/poetry.html
  Life and poetry of famous Persian poets, Rumi, Hafez, Khayam, and Saadi.

• Shahnama - The Epic of Kings

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/shahnama.txt
  As translated by Helen Zimmern (1883), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

• The Art of Sadeq Hedayat

  http://www.iranian.com/Arts/April98/Hedayat/s_hedayat.html
  Artwork by a great Iranian writer.

• The Epic of Kings by Ferdowsi

  http://classics.mit.edu/Ferdowsi/kings.html
  From the Internet Classics Archive. Translated by Helen Zimmern.

• The Iranian: Poetry Page

  http://www.iranian.com/Arts/poetry.html
  Poems by Iranians.

• Vazhé - Association of Iranian Authors and Artists in Toronto

  http://www.vazhe.com/
  Features Persian poems translated into English.

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