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Persian literature is literature written in Persian, or by Persians in other languages. Persian literature is one of the most extensive literatures of the world with a tradition of over 1000 years.

Notable Forms and Genres

Ghazal
Qasida
Musammat

Noted Authors

Classic

Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
Ferdowsi, poet (925-1020)
Hafez, poet (born about 1310-1325)
Jami, poet (1414-1492)
Omar Khayyam, poet (1048-1131)
Nezami, poet (about 1140-about 1120)
Rumi, poet (1207-1273)
Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
Rashid al-Din, historian (1247-1318)
Rudaki
Manuchihri
Khaqani
Unsuri
Naser-khosrow
Muhammad Iqbal
Beyhaqi

(incomplete)

Modern

Prose

Bozorg Alavi (بزرگ علوی)
Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
Samad Behrangi (صمد بهرنگی)
Simin Daneshvar (سیمین دانشور)
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت)
Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh (محمد علی جمالزاده)

Also see: :category:Iranian writers

Poetry

Mehdi Akhavan-Sales (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
Forough Farrokhzad (فروغ فرخزاد)
Siavash Kasraie (سیاوش کسرایی)
Fereydoun Moshiri (فریدون مشیری)
Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)
Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)
Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
Mohammad Reza Shafii Kadkani (محمد رضا شفیعی کدکنی)
Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو)
Nima Yushij (نیما یوشیج)

- [Jila Rasekh] Also see: :category:Iranian poets

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