Manouchehr Atashi

Manouchehr Atashi (September 25, 1931 – November 20, 2005; ) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist of Kurdish descent.

He was born in 1931 in Dashtestan, Bushehr province. His poetry is the poetry of the revolting warrior of the humiliated southern tribesman. He takes his work seriously and although attached to his native birthplace his poems are universal scope. In his later works Atashi has relaxed his rhythm and has moved toward direct expression of emotion.

Works Poetry Collections by Atashi: Āhang-e digar (Another melody), Tehran, 1959 Āvāz-e ḵāk (The song of the earth), Tehran, 1967 Bar entehā-ye aḡāz (At the end of the beginning), Tehran, 1972 Bārān-e barg-e ḏowq: daftar-e ḡazalhā (The rain of joy: the book of ghazals), with ʿAbdol-Majid Zanguʾi, Tehran, 2001 Če talḵ ast in sib (How bitter is this apple), Tehran, 1999 Didār dar falaq (Meeting at dawn), Tehran, 1970 Ettefāq-e āḵar (The last event), Tehran, 2001 Gozina-ye ašʿār (Selected poems), Tehran, 1987 Gandom o gilās (The wheat and the cherry), Tehran, 1992 Ḡazal-e ḡazalhā-ye Sorenā (The ghazals of Sorena), Tehran, 2005 Ḥādeṯa dar bāmdād (The event at dawn), Tehran, 2001 Ḵalij o ḵazar (The Gulf and the Caspian), Tehran, 2002 Majmuʿa-ye ašʿār (Collected poems), Tehran, 2007 Rišahā-ye šab (The roots of the night), Tehran, 2005 Vaṣf-e gol-e suri (In praise of the red rose), Tehran, 1992 Zibā tar az šekl-e qadim-e jahān (More beautiful than the old shape of the world), Tehran, 1997