Gholamreza Ghodsi

Gholamreza Ghodsi (1925 – 11 December 1989) was a belletrist and poet from Mashhad, Iran.

Early life and education Ghodsi was born in 1925 in Mashhad, Iran. His genealogy goes back to Mirza Mohammad Jan Ghodsi Mashhadi, the celebrated poet of Safavid era who was the head of Astan Quds treasury and traveled there at the era of Shah Jahan which was the era of Persian poetry prosperity. After completing primary school, Ghodsi initiated Qadimeh studies. He learned Arabic literature, principles of Islamic jurisprudence and logic and philosophy from great scholars of Khorassan like (Adib Dovom) and and then studied at Faculty of Theology at University of Mashhad. He founded this athenaeum with some of his friends in 1946.

He traveled to India for compiling poems of his great-grandfather Mirza Mohammad Jan Ghodsi Mashhadi and his goal was to gain other manuscripts of this poet.

Professor Ghodsi taught Persian and Arabic language and Literature at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

Poems

"I wish I were..." (lyric of "Kash Bodam Lala کاش بودم لاله" performed by Ahmad Zahir) "Enough for us" (lyric of "Ma ra bas ما را بس" composed by Majid Derakhshani)