10th anniversary of Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou's death - Iran Karaj 24 July 2010

Ahmad Shamlou is arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran.

Shamlou works has been translated into a number of languages.

He was a major force in the intellectual movement opposed to the former Shah of Iran before the 1979 revolution.

The Shah sent him to exile in 1970.

In 1977, one year before the collapse of Shah's Regime, he signed an open letter which supported the rights of gathering for members of The Writers Association of Iran.

New Islamic regime wasn't favorable to him, considering him as an anti-Islamist nationalist element, a traitor and a Westernised writer.

However, considering his immense popularity, the ruling clerics did not dare to arrest him, but at the same time didn't allow publication of of his works for many years.

Since the early 1990s his poems have appeared in many literary journals.

Text source/read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shamlou

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