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Sohrab Sepehri


Born
in Kashan, Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran
October 07, 1928

Died
April 21, 1980

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Genre
Art, Poetry, Painter


Sohrâb Sepehrî (Persian: سهراب سپهری‎) (October 7, 1928 - April 21, 1980) was a notable modern Persian poet and a painter.

He was born in Kashan in Isfahan province. He is considered to be one of the five most famous modern Persian (Iranian) poets who have practised "New Poetry" (a kind of poetry that often has neither meter nor rhyme).

Sohrab Sepehri was also one of Iran's foremost modernist painters.

Sepehri died in Pars hospital in Tehran of leukemia. His poetry is full of humanity and concern for human values. He loved nature and refers to it frequently. The poetry of Sohrab Sepehri bears great resemblance to that of E.E. Cummings.

Well-versed in Buddhism, mysticism and Western traditions, he mingled the Western concepts with Eastern ones, ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 12,246 ratings · 643 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors
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“چرخ یک گاری در حسرت واماندن اسب
اسب در حسرت خوابیدن گاریچی
مرد گاریچی در حسرت مرگ”
― سهراب سپهری / Sohrab Sepehri
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“جای مردان سیاست بنشانید درخت / تا هوا تازه شود”
― سهراب سپهری
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“چرا گرفته دلت
مثل آنکه تنهایی
چقدر هم تنها
خیال می کنم
دچار آن رگ پنهان رنگ ها هستی
دچار یعنی عاشق”
― سهراب سپهری / Sohrab Sepehri, مسافر - هشت کتاب
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