Nima Yushij
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Iranian poet (1895–1960)
Key facts
- Native name
- نیما یوشیج
- Born
- Ali Esfandiari , ( 1895-11-11 ) 11 November 1895, Yush , Nur , Mazandaran , Sublime State of Iran
- Died
- 4 January 1960 (1960-01-04) (aged 64), Shemiran , Tehran , Iran
- Resting place
- Imamzadeh Abdollah , Ray (until 2007), Nima's House , Yush (from 2007)
- Pen name
- Nima
- Language
- Persian
- Nationality
- Iranian
- Genre
- Modernist poetry
- Literary movement
- She'r-e Nimaa'i
- Notable works
- Afsaneh , Quqnūs , The Red Star of Dawn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ali
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Pahlavi Iran
- Place of birth
- Yush
- Place of death
- Shemiran
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Image
- Nima Yushij - Original.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nima Yushij
- date of birth
- 1895-11-12
- date of death
- 1960-01-06
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons Creator page
- Nima Yushij
- place of burial
- Imamzadeh Abdullah (Ray)
- writing language
- Mazanderani
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Encyclopedic overview
Nima Yooshij or Nimā Yushij (Persian: نیما یوشیج; 11 November 1895 – 6 January 1960), also called Nimā (نیما), born Ali Esfandiari (علی اسفندیاری), was a prominent Iranian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he popularised, called she'r-e now (شعر نو, lit. "new poetry"), also known as She'r-e Nimaa'i (شعر نیمایی, lit "Nima poetry") in his honour after his death. He is considered the father of modern Persian poetry.
He died of pneumonia in Shemiran, northern Tehran. Following his will, he was buried in his native village of Yush, Nur County, Mazandaran.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nima Yushij” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.