Esmaeel Azar or Amir Esmaeel Azar (, born 9 December 1944,

Isfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...

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) is a professor of

Persian literature Persian literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources have been within Greater Iran including present-day ...

and director of the Department of

Persian Language Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision ...

at the

Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran The Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran is one of the many campuses affiliated with the Islamic Azad University, and is located in Tehran, Iran. This Private university, private research university is ranked 647 in t ...

, and director of the ''Farhangban'' Cultural and Artistic Institute. He also works as a presenter on literary programs on Iranian television, including the "Watching the Oath and the Beginning of the Word" (Poetry-related TV program). He is a member of the Art commission at the

Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR; , shoraye a'ali enqelabe farhangi) is a conservative-dominated body based in Qom, set up at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini. Its decisions can only be overruled by Iran's Supreme Leader. Most ...

, Director of the Persian Literature Department at the

Economic Cooperation Organization The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is a Eurasian political and economic intergovernmental organization that was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve ...

, Member of the Naming Committee at the

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, member of the scientific commissions of the Public Libraries of Iran and a member of the board of directors of the Comparative Literature Association of Iran.

Personal life

He was born on 9 December 1944,

, Iran. His mother was the principal of a girls' high school in Isfahan and his father was a government employee. He has two sisters and a brother. He left Isfahan when he was 22 years old to study in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

. He married at 30 and has a child named Amir Hossein.

Education and career

He completed his primary and secondary education at ''Hatef'' Primary and Secondary School in Isfahan and then studied

radiation therapy Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a therapy, treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of treatment of cancer, cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth of malignancy, malignant cell (biology), ...

at the

University of Isfahan The University of Isfahan (UI) () is a state-operated university located in Isfahan, Iran. The university is located on Azadi square of Isfahan. It has another campus in Khansar. University of Isfahan offers undergraduate degrees in 71 fields, ...

, but left school and went to

where he studied music and then him to

. He received a master's degree in

comparative literature Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across language, linguistic, national, geographic, and discipline, disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role ...

and then a doctorate in Persian language and literature. He joined the radio at the age of 18 and began making programs for it. He has also performed on Iranian television since 1992 as a host of poetry programs. He has been a scientific advisor and head of the Department of Persian Language and Literature at the Higher Education Institute of Culture and Art He has also published books on Persian literature and translated books into

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Bibliography

* Saadi Shenasi (title means ''Recognition of Saadi''), 1996 * Jane Jahan – Majmooe Soroudehaye Shaerane Moaser Dar Manghebate emame Asheghan (title means ''The Spirit of World – a collection of poems by contemporary poets in the praise of Imam of lovers''), 1999 * Mirase Eshgh, Jameh Shere Ashoura Ba Moghaddameye Mofassal Piramoon Dar Shere Dini (title means ''The Legacy of Love, a comprehensive

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poem with a detailed introduction to religious poetry''), 2002 * Adabiate Iran Dar Adabiate Jahan (title means ''Iranian literature in world literature''), 2008 * Tarikhe Hezar Saleye Shere Farsi Darbareye Imam Reza (title means ''The thousand-year history of Persian poetry about

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''), 2008 * Khorshide Khorasan – Tarikh Va Jameh Shere Imam Reza (title means ''The Sun of Khorasan – History and comprehensive poetry about

''), 2008 * Shokouhe Eshgh: Tarikh Va Shere Ashura (title means ''The Glory of Love: History and Poetry of

''), 2009 * Ebratgahe Tarikh: Sargozashthaye Khandani Va Ebrat Amouze Tarikhe Iran (title means ''History lesson: readable and instructive stories of Iranian history''), 2010 * Tasire Hafez Bar Adabiate Gharb (title means ''The influence of

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on West literature''), 2011 * Daneshnameye Nowrouz (title means ''

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Encyclopedia''), 2011 * Hafez Dar Ansouye Marzha: Pazhouheshi Dar Adabiate Tatbighi (title means ''

Across Borders: A Study in Comparative Literature''), 2011 * Avaye Pahlevani: Morouri Bar Tarikhe Ayyari Va Javanmardi Dar Iran (title means ''The Voice of Heroism: A Review of the History of Chastity and Manliness in Iran''), 2013 * Elahi Nameye Attar Dar Nazariyeye Neshaneh, Manashenasi Alzhir Germes Va Sheklshenasie Gérard Genette (title means ''Theological Letter of

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in sign theory, semantics of Algirdas Greimas and

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's morphology''), 2014 * Qoran Dar Shere Parsi (title means ''

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in Persian poetry''), 2015

Compilation

* Nasimi Az Bokhara: Gozideh Ashare Roudaki (title means ''A Breeze from

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: Selection of

Rudaki Rudaki (also spelled Rodaki; ; – 940/41) was a poet, singer, and musician who is regarded as the first major poet to write in New Persian. A court poet under the Samanids, he reportedly composed more than 180,000 verses, yet only a small p ...

poems''), 2010 * Ketabe Moshaereh (title means ''Book of Poetry''), 2011 * Sarzamine Nowrouz: Pishineh, Adab va Rosum (title means ''

Land: Background, customs''), 2011

Translations

* Eshtiagh (Persian Translation of Poetry named ''Desire from

Kahlil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and Visual arts, visual artist; he was also considered a philosopher, although he himself reject ...

''), 1989 * Shahkarhaye Adabie Jahan (Persian Translation of ''Masterpieces of World Literature by

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''), 2009

Cooperations

* Farsi Omoumi (title means ''General Persian''), 2008 * Divane Hafez (title means ''The Divan of

''), 2011 * Hemasehaye Maktabi (title means ''The Doctrine Epics''), 2011 * Robaeeyate Hakim Omar Khayyam 5 Zabane -Farsi, Arabi, Englisi, Faranse, Almani- (title means ''Quartet of Hakim

Omar Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) (Persian language, Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar ...

5 languages -

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, English, French, German-''), 2012 * Moshaereh: Bargozideyi Az Zibatarin Sherhaye Adabe Farsi (title means ''Poetry: A selection of the most beautiful poems of Persian literature''), 2015 * Matamkadeye Oshagh (title means ''The Mourning-house of Lovers''), 2017 * Ganjineye Chehrehaye Derakhshane Shero Adab Va Honare Esfahan Beh Enzemame Esfahan Dar Ayineye Zaman Az Gharne Panjom Ta Asre Hazer (title means ''The treasure of brilliant figures of

poetry, literature and art, including Isfahan in the mirror of time from the fifth century to the present''), 2017 * Esfahan Dar Ayineye Zaman (title means ''

in the mirror of time''), 2019

Articles

* Seyri Dar Nowrouz (title means ''A Cruise in

''), 1987 * Bahse Tatbighi Piramoone Niayesh Dar Haft Khane Rostam (title means ''Comparative discussion about prayer in

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''), 1988 * Day Mah Va Adabiate Farsi (title means ''

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and Persian literature''), 1989 * Hekayate Natamam (title means ''Unfinished story''), 2005 * Danteh Va Tasir Pazirie Ou Az Manabe E Sharghi (title means ''

Dante Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called ...

and his influence from Eastern sources''), 2008 * Maghame Ensan Dar Adabiat Ba Negaresh Beh Qorane Majid (title means ''The position of man in literature with an attitude towards the Holy

''), 2008 * In Farah Zakhm Ast Va An Gham Marham (title means ''This joy is a wound and that sorrow is an ointment''), 2008 * Roudaki Va Chawsar (title means ''

and

Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer ( ; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for '' The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He ...

''), 2009 * Negahi Beh Ravanshenasie Chehreh Dar Daneshnameye Hakim Meisari; Kohantarin Sanade Pezeshkie Jahan (title means ''A look at facial psychology in Hakim Meysari encyclopedia; The oldest medical document in the world''), 2009 * Kohantarin Sanade Pezeshki Dar Ravanshenasie Chehreh "Dar Shere Farsi" (title means ''The oldest medical document in facial psychology "in Persian poetry"''), 2009 * Hafez Dar Gharb (title means ''

in West''), 2010 * Seire Tatavvore Vajeye Adab Ba Takid Bar Seh Gharne Avvale Hijri (title means ''The evolution of the word literature with emphasis on the first three centuries AH''), 2010 * Tasir Pazirieh Adabiate Oroupa Va Amrica Az Hafez (title means ''Influence of European and American literature from

''), 2010 * Rikhtshenasie Gonbade Sorkh Dar Haft Peykare Nezamie Ganjavi (title means ''Morphology of the Red Dome in the

Haft Peykar ''Haft Peykar'' (), also known as ''Bahramnameh'' (, ''The Book of Bahram'', referring to the Sasanian emperor Bahram V), is a romantic epic poem by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, written in 1197. This poem is one of his five works known collecti ...

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''), 2011 * Baztabe Jashne Mehregan Dar Ghasyede Shaerane Asre Ghaznavi -Bar Asase Dadehaye Amari- (title means ''Reflection of

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Festivity in the poems of

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poets -based on statistical data-''), 2012 * Sedahaye Zaeef Faravanand (title means ''Weak sounds abound''), 2013 * Shere Eteraz Dar Masire Nazariehaye Pasa Estemary (title means ''Poetry of protest in the path of postcolonial theories''), 2014 * Romanticism, Realism Va Symbolism Dar Shere Manouchehr Atashi (title means ''

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Realism Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to: In the arts *Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include: *American Realism *Classical Realism *Liter ...

and

Symbolism Symbolism or symbolist may refer to: *Symbol, any object or sign that represents an idea Arts *Artistic symbol, an element of a literary, visual, or other work of art that represents an idea ** Color symbolism, the use of colors within various c ...

Manouchehr Atashi Manouchehr Atashi (September 25, 1931 – November 20, 2005; ) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist of Kurdish descent. He was born in 1931 in Dashtestan, Bushehr province Bushehr Province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Ira ...

's Poetry''), 2014 * Barresie Karkarde Revayie Dow Hekayat Az Elahi Nameye Attar Bar Asase Nazariyeye Germes Va Genette (title means ''Investigating the validity of two anecdotes from

's divine letter based on

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and Genette theory''), 2014 * Nokhostin Shaerane Tasirgozar Dar Gharb -Saadi, Khayyam, Ferdowsi- (title means ''The first influential poets in the West - Saadi,

Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) ( Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (), was ...

Ferdowsi Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, ; 940 – 1019/1025) was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a single poet, and the gre ...

-''), 2014 * Tasir Pazirie Oroupa Az Andishehaye Nezami (title means ''European influence of Nizami's ideas''), 2015 * Tasire Shahnameye Ferdowsi Dar Alman (title means ''The influence of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh in Germany''), 2015 * Naghshe Shaeran Dar Bohrane Hoviate Melli (title means ''The role of poets in the crisis of national identity''), 2015 * Doori Az Selseleye Tekrar Dar Khaneshe Matn/ Ketabe Sowti Ra Bayad Az Koodaki Amouzesh Dad/ Ketabe Gooya Bayad Ba Sedaye Yek Artist Bashad (title means ''Avoid repetition in reading text/ audiobook should be taught from childhood/ audiobook should be with the voice of an artist''), 2015 * Tahlili Bar Nazariehaye Binamatnit Genti (title means ''An Analysis of Binamatnit Genti's Theories''), 2016 * Aseman Show Abr Show Baran Bebar (title means ''Be the sky Be the cloud Make the rain''), 2016 * Harfha Va Naghlha (title means ''Letters and quotes''), 2016 * Ensan Mehvare Norouz (title means ''Human is center of Nowruz''), 2016 * Shaeran; Setayeshgare Bahar (title means ''Poets; Spring Adorer''), 2016 * Ketabshenasie Fergheye Ahle Hagh "Yarsan" (title means ''Bibliography of the Ahle Hagh "Yarsan" Sect''), 2016 * Osturehaye Farhangsaz -Peyvande Ostureha Ba Shakhsiathaye Mazhabi Dar Shere Manghebat- (title means ''Culture-making myths (linking myths with religious figures in Manqabat poetry)''), 2016 * Moarrefi Va Tahlile Noskhehaye Khattie Fergheye Ahle Hagh (title means ''Introduction and analysis of manuscripts of the Ahle Hagh "Yarsan" Sect''), 2016 * Zendegie Akhlaghi Bar Asaseh Matne Ghabousnameh -Gharneh Panjome Hejri- (title means ''Moral life based on the text of

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-fifth century AH-''), 2017 * Tasir Pazirieh Shamse Maghrebi Az Qorane Majid (title means ''Holy

Impact on Shams Maghribi''), 2017 * Rikhtshenasie Propp Va Hekayate Elahi Nameye Attar (title means '' Propp's morphology and anecdotes of

's theology''), 2018 * Revayatshenasie Hekayathaye Kelileh Va Demneh Dar Sathe Dastan Ba Tekyeh Bar Hekayate Padeshah Va Brahmanan (title means ''Narratology of

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stories at the level of the story based on the story of the king and Brahmans''), 2018 * Tajallie Erfan Dar Andisheye Najmoddine Razi (title means ''Manifestation of mysticism in

Najm al-Din Razi Abū Bakr 'Abdollāh b. Moḥammad b. Šahāvar b. Anūšervān al-Rāzī () commonly known by the ''laqab'', or sobriquet, of Najm al-Dīn Dāya, meaning "wetnurse" (573 AH/1177 – 654 AH/1256) was a 13th-century Sufi. Hamid Algar, translator ...

's thought''), 2019 * Vijegihaye Sabkie Shere Arefaneye Shamse Maghrebi -Arefe Gharne Hashtom- (title means ''Stylistic features of Shams Maghribi mystical poetry -eighth century mystic-''), 2019 * Karbaste Nazarieh Neshaneh Shenasie Michael Riffaterre Dar Tahlile Shere "Shabi Dar Harame Qods" E Rahi Mo'ayyeri (title means ''Application of

Michael Riffaterre Michel Riffaterre (; 20 November 1924 in Bourganeuf, Creuse – 27 May 2006 in New York City, New York), known as Michael Riffaterre, was an influential French literary critic and theorist. He pursued a generally structuralism, structuralist ...

's semiotic theory in the analysis of the poem "A Night in the Holy Shrine" by

Rahi Mo'ayyeri Rahi Mo'ayeri (30 April 1909 – 15 November 1968; Persian language, Persian: رهی معیری) né: Mohammad Hasan Mo'ayyeri (Persian language, Persian: محمد حسن معیری), was an Iranian poet and musician. Rahi Mo'ayyeri, born ...

''), 2019 * Revayat Shenasie Dastane Khajeh Neman Bar Asase Nazariyeye Todorof (title means ''Narratology of Khajeh Neman's story based on Todorov theory''), 2019 * Ramzgoshyie Khanandeh Darune Matn, Dar Dastane Sheikhe SanAn (title means ''Decoding the reader in the text, in the story of Sheikh San'Aan''), 2019 * Tahlile Onsore Darun Maye Dar Panj Asare Defae Moghaddas Ba Tekieh Bar Moalefehaye Paydari (title means ''Theme element analysis in five works of sacred defense based on the components of stability''), 2020 * Tahlile Namayeshnameye Manfred Asare Lord Byron Bar Asase Tasir Paziri Az Adabiate Parsi Va Sharghi (title means ''Analysis of

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-kno ...

's play

Manfred ''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of Gothic fiction. Byr ...

based on the influence of Persian and Oriental literature''), 2020

References

External links

Analysis of Manfred's play by Lord Byron based on influence... By Esmaeel Azar

Dr. Esmaeel Azar on Iran TV

Dr. Azar reciting poetry on Yalda night in Iran TV

Dr. Esmaeel Azar english articles on SID

Dr. Esmaeel Azar english articles on Researchgate
{{DEFAULTSORT:Azar, Esmaeel 1944 births Living people Iranian male writers Academic staff of the Islamic Azad University 20th-century Persian-language writers Scholars of Persian literature Linguistic purism in Persian Iranian radio actors Iranian radio and television presenters