Poetry
ستاک
Not translated into English
Bareq Shafiei · 1963
Synopsis
Stak is the first collection by Bareq Shafiee, published in 1963 by the state publishing house. A 2026 study notes that more than nine poems in ten keep the classical metres, the invention lying in the rhymes and refrains; a third of the words relate to fire and explosion, a quarter to revolution and struggle, in the service of a leftist outlook, hostile to the established order, which calls for justice between the classes.
Context
The Aryana Encyclopedia gives it as his first book, before Shahr-e hamāse in 1979, Dowrān-sāz in 1980, published in Tajikistan in Cyrillic script, and a fourth in 1987, which the entries do not name in the same way. Partaw Naderi recalls its fame in the years 1963-1973 and places its author in the second wave of Nima's disciples; the 2026 study considers it the country's first independent collection of modern Persian poetry.
Who it is for
Poems in Persian, without translation. The reader gains from knowing what modern Persian poetry owes to Nima Yushij.
Prizes and reception
No known prize. Partaw Naderi counts him, with Sulaiman Layeq, among the resistance poets of their time.
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