Saeed Saeedpour

Modern Iranian Poetry Saeed Saeedpour

Modern Iranian Poetry offers new horizons of poetic vision and imagination by major contemporary Iranian poets such as Nima, Shamlu, Forugh, Sohrab. The poetic English rendition provides the English reading public with a unique insight into the subconscious culture of a nation that has mystified the world. Poignant and lyrical, the poems generate visionary moments of clairvoyance for the experience of post modern life with all its wonder and complexity. Iranian poet and translator, Saeed Saeedpoor studied English literature in the U. S., where he lived for 12 years. He has won high critical acclaim for his poetic and precise renditions of Persian poetry into English and the reverse, published in meticulous bilingual editions. His translations include: From Shakespeare to Eliot and Beyond: Anthology of English poetry presented in Persian. Our Voice Today: Modern Iranian poetry rendered into English. Emily Dickinsons selected poems s Rubaiyat: An authentic rendition into English Quatrains (Unesco edition) Ahmad Shamlus selected poems( to be published)