A*SH*N*A:ESMAIL SHAHRUDI

esmail shahrudi,a major persian poet

... از غم آور شبی که ما را هست ،
تا تو
ای میوه ی تلاش همه ،
تا تو ای مظهر ِ مقدس ِ زیست ،
تا تو
ای روزگار ِ آینده ،
تا تو ای " صلح " !
هیچ فاصله نیست . . .
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آینده 

ESMAIL SHAHRUDI,AYANDEH

b.19 BAHMAN 1304/JAN 30,1925,DAMGHAN

d.4 AZAR 1360/NOV 25,1981,TEHRAN

GRADUATED FROM TEHRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

GIVE ME A HAND

OFFER ME A ROAD

AND RISE WITH THE SUN

I WANT TO SEE THE NIGHT

MORE MISERABLE THAN EVER

IN YOUR EYES

-ESMAIL SHAHRUDI,SELECTED POEMS,

BAMDAD 1348/1969

ESMAIL SHAHRUDI,also ESMAIL SHAHROUDI IS ONE OF THE FIRST NIMAI POET.NIMA'S INTRODUCTION TO SHAHRUDI'S FIRST BOOK,THE LAST BATTLE,IS CONSIDERED NOW A CLASSICAL IN PERSIAN POETRY AND LITERARY CRITICISM.

SHAHRUDI'S OEUVRE ARE:

THE LAST BATTLE,TEHRAN 1330/1951

FUTURE/AYANDEH,AMIRKABIR,1346/1967

SELECTED POEMS,BAMDAD 1348/1969

MOMEYDARSA,PAYAM 1349/1970

EACH SIDE OF ROAD ROAD ROAD ROAD,BUF 1350/1971

A FEW KILOMETER AND A HALF OF REALITY,MORVARID 1350/1971

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see also:nimalogy/introduction to shahrudi's the last battle