Esmaeel Azar

Esmaeel Azar or Amir Esmaeel Azar (, born 9 December 1944, Isfahan, Iran) is a professor of Persian literature and director of the Department of Persian Language at the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, and director of the Farhangban Cultural and Artistic Institute. He also works as a presenter on literary programs on Iranian television, including the "Watching the Oath and the Beginning of the Word" (Poetry-related TV program). He is a member of the Art commission at the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, Director of the Persian Literature Department at the Economic Cooperation Organization, Member of the Naming Committee at the National Organization for Civil Registration of Iran, member of the scientific commissions of the Public Libraries of Iran and a member of the board of directors of the Comparative Literature Association of Iran.

Personal life He was born on 9 December 1944, Isfahan, Iran. His mother was the principal of a girls' high school in Isfahan and his father was a government employee. He has two sisters and a brother. He left Isfahan when he was 22 years old to study in Tehran. He married at 30 and has a child named Amir Hossein.

He joined the radio at the age of 18 and began making programs for it.

He has also performed on Iranian television since 1992 as a host of poetry programs.

He has been a scientific advisor and head of the Department of Persian Language and Literature at the Higher Education Institute of Culture and Art He has also published books on Persian literature and translated books into Persian.