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Golchin Gilani

1910 – 1972

Iranian poet

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About Golchin Gilani

Lived 1910 – 1972 (aged 62). Golchin Gilani was a poet and physician.

Biography His birth name is pronounced as "Majdoddin." His father, Sayyed Mahdi Mir-fakhraʾi, was a Governor of Sabzevar County and Qom County. Majd-al-Din went through primary school in his hometown and high school in Tehran. After getting his bachelor's degree, he moved to England, earned an MD, and spent the rest of his life in England.

In the 1940s, Gilani worked as a translator for the British Broadcasting Corporation, as well as writing, translating, and recording newsreel narration for Movietone News. Majd-al-Din specialized in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He died in London on December 20, 1972, and is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery in Southwest London (Block U, number 28) .

The Rain The Rain (, Bārān), published in 1944, is arguably his most famous poem and one of the best-known works of modern Persian poetry. It is a narrative poem about a day in the poet's childhood spent in the forests of Gilan. In the first half of the poem the weather is clear, while in the second half it suddenly begins to rain. The poem means to teach children that despite the weather, which is a metaphor for the person's state of life, the forest, which is a metaphor for life itself, is beautiful.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Qajar Iran, Pahlavi dynasty
Also known as
Majd al-Din Mir-Fakhraei

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Golchin Gilani's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Golchin Gilani?

Iranian poet (1910–1972)

When was Golchin Gilani born?

Golchin Gilani was born on 1 January 1910 in Rasht.

When did Golchin Gilani die?

Golchin Gilani died on 20 December 1972 in London.

What was Golchin Gilani's occupation?

Golchin Gilani was a poet and physician.

What nationality was Golchin Gilani?

Golchin Gilani's recorded nationality: Qajar Iran, Pahlavi dynasty.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Golchin Gilani

· Wikidata: Q5956165

· DBpedia: Golchin Gilani

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