Nima Yooshij
Poet, Author
1896 – 1960
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Who was Nima Yooshij?
Nimā Yushij also called Nimā, born Ali Esfandiāri, was a contemporary Tabarian and Persian poet who started the she’r-e now also known as she’r-e nimaa'i trend in Iran. He is considered as the father of modern Persian poetry.
He died of pneumonia in Shemiran, in the northern part of Tehran and was buried in his native village of Yush, Nur County, Mazandaran, as he had willed.
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- Born
- Nov 12, 1896
Yush, Mazandaran - Also known as
- Nīmā Yūshīj
- Parents
- Nationality
- Iran
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 6, 1960
Shemiran
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on July 23, 2013
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