Gholamreza Rashid Yasemi ( fa, غلامرضا رشید یاسمی; born 1895 in Gahwareh, Kermanshah Province,

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– died 1951 in

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) was an

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poet, translator, academic and literary figure. He finished his primary education in Kermanshah and then moved to

in 1912 where he resided for the rest of his life. He completed his high school education at the French-language St. Louis School, a Catholic mission school in Tehran. After finishing his education, he became a founding member of the ''Daneshkadeh Literary Society'' (انجمن ادبی دانشکده) along with

Mohammad-Taqi Bahar Mohammad-Taqi Bahar ( fa, محمدتقی بهار; also romanized as Mohammad-Taqī Bahār; 10 December 1886 in Mashhad – 22 April 1951 in Tehran), widely known as Malek osh-Sho'arā ( fa, ملک‌الشعراء) and Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahā ...

Saeed Nafisi Saeed Nafisi (also Naficy) ( fa, سعید نفیسی; June 8, 1895 – November 13, 1966) was an Iranian scholar, fiction writer and poet. He was a prolific writer in Persian. Nafisi was born in Tehran, where he conducted numerous research proje ...

, Abbas Eqbal Ashtiani, and

Abdolhossein Teymourtash Abdolhossein Teymourtash ( fa, عبدالحسین تیمورتاش; 25 September 1883 – 3 October 1933) was an influential Iranian statesman who served as the first minister of court of the Pahlavi dynasty from 1925 to 1932, and is credited ...

in 1918. He also published his articles and research essays in

Ali Dashti Ali Dashti ( fa, علی دشتی, pronounced ; 31 March 1897 – January 16, 1982) was an Iranian rationalist of the twentieth century. Dashti was also an Iranian senator. Life Born into a Persian family in Dashti in Bushehr Province, I ...

's famed ''Shafagh-e Sorkh'' newspaper (روزنامه شفق سرخ). He spoke Kurdish, French, English, Arabic and Pahlavi. He had 4 sons,

Siamak Yasemi Siamak Yasemi ( fa, سیامک یاسمی; June 1925 – 31 May 1994) was an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as suc ...

, Shapour Yasami, Bijan Yasami and Siavoush Yasami, and two daughters, Mina Yasami and Yasi Yasami. He died in 1951 after a stroke.

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20th-century Iranian poets Persian-language poets Iranian translators Iranian journalists People from Kermanshah Province 1895 births 1951 deaths Members of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature 20th-century poets 20th-century translators 20th-century journalists 19th-century Iranian poets {{Iran-writer-stub