About Esmail Khoi
Lived 1938 – 2021 (aged 82). Esmail Khoi was an Iranian poet, philosopher, writer and translator.
Esmail Khoi or Esmail Khoyi (; 30 June 1938 – 25 May 2021) was an Iranian poet and writer. He was living in the United Kingdom after being exiled from Iran during the 1980s. Khoi was originally a lecturer in Philosophy before the Iranian Revolution. He was a member of the Iranian Writers' Association. His poems have been translated in many languages, including English, French, Russian, German and Ukrainian. He wrote a poetry book in English called "Voice of Exile", "What is shall be what is not". He is the first Iranian writer to be awarded the Coburg Rückert Prizen for literature, which he received in 2010.
Selected bibliography Edges of Poetry:Selected Poetry (Blue Logos Press, 1995) Outlandia:Song of Exile (Nik Publishers, 1999)
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Who was Esmail Khoi?
Iranian philosopher, author, poet and translator
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Esmail Khoi was born on 30 June 1938 in Mashhad.
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Esmail Khoi died on 25 May 2021 in London.
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Esmail Khoi was a poet, philosopher, writer and translator.
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Esmail Khoi was Iranian.
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