About Ali Salehi
Born 1955. Ali Salehi is an Iranian poet and writer.
Seyed Ali Salehi (, born 1 April 1954 in Khuzestan Province, Imperial Iran) is a contemporary Iranian poet and writer.
Seyed Ali Salehi was born on 1 April 1954, in the village of Marghab in the Izeh Bakhtiari district of Khuzestan province to a farming family. His father was a farmer, poet, and Shahnameh reader. In 1974, he was expelled from school due to punishment and threats by the school and the authorities, and a year later, he returned to school and received a diploma in mathematics.
His first poems were published by Masjed Soleiman Oil Company in the local magazine of Abolghasem Halat.
Salehi is credited with establishing the mawj-e nab literary movement and promoting shi'r-e guftar (speech poetry) in Iran. In 1978, he received the Forugh Farrokhzad Award for poetry. He was nominated for the Nima Literary Award in 2010 but refused his nomination.
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Who is Ali Salehi?
Iranian poet
When was Ali Salehi born?
Ali Salehi was born in 1955 in Izeh.
What is Ali Salehi's occupation?
Ali Salehi is a poet and writer.
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Ali Salehi is Iranian.
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