Sohrab Sepehri
Sohrab Sepehri ( October 7, 1928 in Kashan, † April 21, 1980 in Tehran ) was an Iranian poet and painter of the 20th century. Besides Youschidsch Nima, Forough Farrokhzad, Mehdi Akhavan - Sales, Manouchehr Atashi and Ahmad Schamlou he represented the literary flow of the new poem ( She'r -e Nou ) of Iranian modernity. His paintings have been exhibited worldwide. At the age of 51, he died from the effects of leukemia.
1976 Sepehri published the anthology snatches Ketab (Eight Books ), which is one of the most successful works of Iranian modernity.
Life
Sohrab Sepehri was in the first decade of the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi, a time of rapid modernization of Iran, was born in Kashan. In 1953 he passed his examination at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and then worked in several government agencies. At the same time he pursued his poetic and picturesque interests.
Sepehri traveled a lot and be happy. He made numerous trips to Europe, Asia (Japan, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan ), Africa ( Egypt) and in the United States.
In 1955 he translated some Japanese poetry into Persian and published them in the journal Sokhan. In 1957 he traveled to Paris, where he studied lithography at the Ecole des Beaux -Arts. In 1960 he won first prize in the Tehran Biennale. In the same year he traveled to Japan, where he engaged in the woodcarving. 1961 was followed by another trip to India and the study of Buddhism.
From 1964 he devoted himself exclusively to poetry and painting. 1979 blood cancer was diagnosed at him. He died in 1980 in Tehran and was buried in the courtyard of the major Shi'ite Grabmausoleums of Mashhad -e Ardehal near his birthplace, Kashan.
Style and theme
Sepehris poems features a simple and unpretentious language that greatly the spoken idiom approaches, at the same time is soft and melodious. They are written in free verse. Quote ( Emami ): "His style amazes its readers Because within the simplicity of his words, he offers so much beauty and pays so much attention to simple and almost forgotten events did happen around him ."
Theme of his poetry is often the desire for an approach to the nature and the self-imposed solitude and silence. Other topics include friendship, time ( Waqt ) and sensitivities (HAL ). His apolitical poetry is full of aphorisms.
Translations and Artistic reactions
Sohrab Sepehris work has been translated into numerous languages : was made into English voice transmission, among others, by Karim Emami, into French, among others by the Professor of Indology and Philosophy Daryush Shayegan and into German by Abdolreza Madjderey. It was followed by further translations into Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Russian. In 1990, Iradj Hashemizadeh a trilingual edition of Seda -ye -ye Āb Pā work out (English, French, German ).
Life Sohrab Sepehris was filmed by the filmmaker Mostafa Valiabdi.
1987 devoted Abbas Kiarostami kodschā'st him his film Khāneh -ye Dust? ( Where is the house of my friend? ) With the title of the poems Sepehris.
Literary work (selection)
Exhibitions
- Venice Biennale; Tehraner Biennale (first prize, 1960); São Paulo Biennial; numerous Tehran Galleries; Le Havre Gallery; Group exhibition in Bridgehampton City (NY, USA); Biennale de Paris ( 1969); Benson Gallery, New York (1971 ); Cyprus Gallery, Paris (1976); Art Basel (1976 )