Abdolali Dastgheib

Abdolali Dastgheib (; born November 7, 1931) is an Iranian literary critic, writer, translator and author of 66 books and numerous articles.

Biography Abdolali Dastgheib was born in Shiraz, Iran. His father (Javad) was a teacher and school principal and was later assigned as the head of the Department of Education in Firuzabad and Jahrom in Fars province. Following his school education in 1948, Abdolali enrolled in Teachers College in Shiraz and worked as a teacher for three years. He was taking part in street demonstrations against the Shah's regime in 1952 when he was arrested and jailed for one year. Abdolali worked as a notary public's assistance for two years and in the Health Department for three years. He then enrolled in the Higher Education College in Tehran and completed a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1961. Abdolali Dastgheib then started a career in education, teaching Persian literature and philosophy in high schools and colleges in his hometown of Shiraz as well as in Tehran. Dastgheib has written critics on famous Iranian poets and writers such as Nima Yooshij, Shamlou, Akhavan-Sales, Sepehri, Forough Farrokhzad, Sadegh Hedayat and Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi. Dastgheib has also played a role in introducing Western writers and philosophers such as Aristotle and Friedrich Nietzsche to the Iranian society through translations and critical reviews.

Abdolali Dastgheib became fascinated by the great Iranian poet of the 14th century, Hafiz and wrote extensively on his poetry.

Some of Dastgheib's books on modern Iranian poets The Messenger of Hope and Liberty, Critical Review of poems by Nima Yooshij. 2006. Amitis Publishers, Tehran, Iran. . (Persian title: ) The Poet of Love and Dawn, Critical Review of poems by Ahmad Shamlou. 2006. Amitis Publishers, Tehran, Iran. . (Persian: ) The Green Garden of Poetry, Critical Review of poems by Sohrab Sepehri. 2006. Amitis Publishers, Tehran, Iran. . (Persian: ) The Poet of Defeat, Critical Review of poems by Mehdi Akhavan-Sales. 2006. Amitis Publishers, Tehran, Iran. . (Persian: ) The Little Mermaid, Critical Review of poems by Forough Farrokhzad. 2006. Amitis Publishers, Tehran, Iran. . (Persian: )

Literary critics

An Analysis of Modern Persian Poetry, Sā'eb Publishers, Tehran, 1966. Shades and Lights of Modern Persian Poetry, Farhang Publishers, Tehran, 1969. Critical Review of Nima Yooshij, Pāzand Publishers, Tehran, 1972. Critical Review of Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi, Chāpār Publishers, 1973. Critical Review of Ahmad Shamloo, Chāpār Publishers, 1973. Critical Review of Sadegh Chubak, Pāzand Publishers, 1974. Critical Review of Sadegh Hedayat, Pāzand Publishers, 1974. Critical Review of Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Chāpār Publishers, 1977. Critical Review of Ahmad Kasravi, Chāpār Publishers, 1978. Critical Review of M. A. Beh-Azin, Chāpār Publishers, 1978. Critical Review of Bozorg Alavi, Farzaneh Publishers, 1977. Critical Review of Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Zharf Publishers, 1992. Critical Review of Mehdi Akhavan Saless, Morvarid Publishers, 1994. Towards Folklore Story Writing, Arts Corner, 1998. Critical Review of Mahmood Dowlat-Abadi, Imā Publishers, 1999. Critical Review of Ahmad Mahmood, Moeen Publishers, 1999.

Literary and historical investigations

Writing Style, Sepehr Publishers, 1967. Arts and Reality, Sepehr Publishers, 1970. Existentialism Philosophies, Bamdad Publishers, 1975. The Artist and Cultural Past and Present, Agah Publishers, 1977. Contrasting Tendencies in Modern Persian Literature, Khonya Publishers, 1992. From Hafez to Goethe, Badie Publishers, 1995. Hafez Shenakht (Knowing Hafez), 2 vols., Elm Publishers, 1998. The Invasion of Mongols to Iran, Elm Publishers, 1998. In The Mirror of Critic, Arts Corner, 2000.