Poetry
منتخبات اشعار
Not translated into English
Mir Muhammad Ali Azad Kabuli · 1963
Synopsis
A selection of poems by Azad Kaboli, published in Kabul almost twenty years after the end of his long career. The Encyclopaedia Iranica links their author to the so-called Indian style, that Persian manner which embeds images within one another, which remained alive in Kabul until the middle of the twentieth century.
Context
The collection, whose title means Choice of Poems, appeared in Kabul in 1963; it is the only book by its author that the Encyclopaedia Iranica cites. The Iranica names him in the same list as Bitab, Farhat and Nadim, that of the Kabulis who continue the Indian manner while others return to the old masters of Dari or attempt new forms.
Who it is for
Poems in Persian, with no translation. It helps to know a little of the Indian manner of Persian poetry, inherited from Bedil.
Prizes and reception
No prize found. The selection appeared in 1963, nineteen years after the last landmark that the Iranica gives for its author.