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Iranian poet, teacher. Pioneered the free verse (new style) of Persian poetry under the pen name of M. Omid (“Hope”). Born in the city of Mashhad in north-east Iran (1928). Attended secondary school ...
Iranian painter, graphic artist, teacher. Great-grandson of court painter Mirza Mohammad Abu’l-Hasan Ghaffari. Born as Mohammad Ghaffari in the central Iranian town of Kashan in the family of Mirza B...