Wednesday, February 3, 2010

JALAL KHOSROSHAHI(1314-1380)

jalal khosroshahi'sohrab sepehri,negah,tehran 1379/2000,cover
faramarzsoleimani.com


JALAL KHOSROSHAHI,TRANSLATOR
b.14 BAHMAN 1314/FEB 3,1935,TABRIZ
d.1380/2001,TEHRAN
KHOSROSHAHI TRANSLATED WORKS BY TURK POETS AND WRITERS SUCH AS:
YASHAR KAMAL(FROM THE MOUNTAIN,KING OF ELEPHANTS,IF KILLING THE SNAKE,ALL WITH REZA SEYED HOSSEINI),NAZIM HEKMAT(FROM FOUR PRISON,LST POEMS,ALL WITH REZA SEYED HOSSEINI)
KHOSROSHAHI ALSO PUBLISHED BOOKS ON NIMA AND PIONEERS OF TURKISH CONTEMPORARY POETS,FORUGH FAROKHZAD AND SOHRAB SEPEHRI.
FROM HIS OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
REFLECTION OF IRANIAN NEW CINEMA IN THE WORLD.

BOZORG ALAVI'S NARRATIVE

*A NARRATIVE THERAPY
.....

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

TIME AND AGAIN MELTING

Posted by Picasamelting time,images and collage by moj book
TIME AND AGAIN IF I TOUCH THIS CELESTIAL PIECE I'M SURE IS GONE BY THAT TIME AND SO AM I BUT WHY CONSTANTLY CHANGING HER IN SOLAR FACE AND PLAYING WITH HER MAGIC MOON ARMS AND GIVING HER A STIMULUS TO SEE IF STILL ALIVE AND STAND LOVING ,THOUGH NOT STAND STILL,TIME AND AGAIN IN MELTING AND SOLIDITY OF UNION

BOZORG ALAVI bd

modified and multiplied in various posts on 02022011
*Bozorg Alavi,a major persian writer,also mojtaba alavi ,and cheshmhayayash.he was one of 53 men in prison of reza shah,of them Taghi Arani was killed on these days,14 bahman 1319/1940,and became an iconic figure among political party's men and women of that era,who promoted his ideas and ideals,either individually or through the vast publications of political parties
BOZORG ALAVI,also MOJTABA ALAVI
b.13 BAHMAN 1282/FEB 2,1904 ,TEHRAN
d.28 BAHMAN 1375/FEB 18,1997,BERLIN,GERMANY
1.ALAVI IN IRAN AND ODABAYE ROB'EH
2.IMMIGRATION TO GERMANY AND ITS EFFECT ON HIS CREATIVE PROCESS OF WRITER
3.HOMECOMING AFTER REVOLUTION AND RETURN TO EXILE
.....
see more:iranianwriters.com/bozorg alavi
see more:bozorg alavi's last narrative
see more:creative process in emigration

Monday, February 1, 2010

LANGSTON HUGHES bd

langston hughes,martin luther king of poets
modified 02012011
LANGSTON HUGHES
b.FEB 1,1902,JOPLIN,MISSOURI
d.MAY 22,1967
LANGSTON HUGHES IS ONE OF THE poets of HARLEM RENAISSANCE .
HE LEFT BEHIND POEMS THAT INFLUENCED COMING GENERATIONS AND WE MAY FIND THEM IN:
LANGSTON HUGHES READER,BRAZILLER 1958
SELECTED POEMS,KNOPF 1959
HUGHES OTHER THAN BEING A POET,WAS A JOURNALIST,ESSAYIST AND DRAMATIST AS WELL.
OUT OF MANY HAIKU,WRITTEN BY LANGSTON HUGHES,THIS ONE SOUNDS LIKE BEING WRITTEN FOR HAITI:
*TODAY
THIS IS EARTQUAKE
WEATHER
HONOR AND HUNGER
WALK LEAN TOGETHER.
*
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANGSTON HUGHES!

langston hughes,pastel by w reiss see more:langston hughes day

A*SH*N*A:SHAPUR BONYAD AT PERPETUAL GATE شاپوربنیاد

...THEN
LADY OF LOVE
AT THE DOORWAY OF RAIN
WAS THE MUSIC OF STAR
AND STOOD
AT THE EVER DOORWAY...
SHAPUR BONYAD DIED BY HEART ATTACK,TEN YEARS AGO TODAY,12 BAHMAN 1378/FEB 1,2000,IN HIS BELOVED HOMETOWN OF SHIRAZ.HE WAS BORN INS HIRAZ 1326/1947 AND STUDIED CINEMATOGRAPHY IN PARIS.HIS MASTERY AND LOVE OF POETRY LEFT A HUGE VOID AFTER HIS DEATH,AND...
NO MORE US BEING HEARD
THE MUSIC OF MOTHER
WITH A TRANSLATION OF ONE OF HIS WORKS,WE SHARE THE MEMORY OF THIS MAJOR PERSIAN POET.
*THOUGHTS OF LADY LOVE:
STANDING AT THE DOORWAY OF STAR
ASKING FROM SELF
IF I WAS
LADY OF VIOLET
OR VIOLET AT THE DOORWAY OF STAR
WOULD CALL ME.
IF
I WAS THE LIFE OF NARCISSUS
OR NARCISSUS AT THE DOORWAY OF STAR
WOULD THINK OF ME.
IF
IWAS THE MUSIC OF NELUFAR
OR NELUFAR AT THE DOORWAY OF STAR
WOULD PLAY ME.
THEN LADY OF LOVE
AT THE DOORWAY OF RAIN
WAS THE MUSIC OF STAR
AND STOOD
AT THE EVER DOORWAY.
...
se also:faramarz soleimani's broken meditation,on poems of shapur bonyad,in neveshta,no 4,sep-oct 2007,pp12-13

MOJ BOOK REVIEW 2010-2:RENDAN

gabriela mistral
moj book review
faramarzsoleimani.com
*RENDAAN
FEB 1,2010
CONTEMPORARY POETRY OF IRAN
A GATHERING OF FREETHINKERS FOCUSED ON CONTEMPORARY POETRY AND POETICS
WITH WORKS OF:
S GHAHREMAN
Y A SARAMI(editor and contributer)
S MOHAMADI
A A AZIMI
R MOHEB
F SOLEIMANI
A KIANI
M KHAKSAR
N MASSUDI
F MIZANI
and...
SYLVIA PLATH
HERTA MULLER
GABRIELA MISTRAL