Littérature

Poet of the Shahnameh, finished about 1010. Persian and Kurdish and Azerbaijani readers all recite it.

Mystic poet of the Masnavi, 1207 to 1273. Born in the Balkh region, died in Konya.

Lyric poet of Shiraz, died about 1390. His Divan is used for fāl, a reading for luck.

Poet of the Golestan and Bustan, 13th century, Shiraz.

Mathematician, astronomer and poet of the Rubaiyat, 1048 to 1131, Nishapur.

Poet of the Khamsa, about 1141 to 1209.

Poet of the Conference of the Birds, died about 1221.

Poet of the Samanid court, about 858 to 941. Claimed by Persian and Tajik readers.

Poet and scholar of Herat, 1414 to 1492.

Founder of modern Persian poetry, 1897 to 1960.

Poet and filmmaker, 1934 to 1967.

Poet and painter, 1928 to 1980.

Poet of free verse, 1925 to 2000.

Poet of the ghazal, 1927 to 2014.

Writer of The Blind Owl, 1903 to 1951.

Essayist and novelist, 1923 to 1969.

Novelist of Kelidar, 1940 to 2024.

Kurdish poet of Mem u Zin, 1650 to 1707.

Azerbaijani Turkic poet, about 1483 to 1556.

Azerbaijani and Persian poet of Heydar Babaya Salam, 1906 to 1988, Tabriz.

Turkmen poet of the 18th century, whose lines are sung by bakhshis.

Creator of the Armenian alphabet, about 362 to 440.

Judeo-Persian poet of the 14th century, writer of Mosaic epics in Hebrew script.

Novelist of Savushun, 1921 to 2012.