Shahpour Bonyad (1947,

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 ...

– 2000,

) was an Iranian poet.

Biography

He studied cinematography in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

. A few months after the 1979

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...

, Bonyad returned to Iran but because of his political beliefs could not continue his activities in his homeland. He taught French literature at the

University of Shiraz Shiraz University ( fa, دانشگاه شیراز ''Dāneshgāh-e-Shirāz'', formerly known as Pahlavi University دانشگاه پهلوی ''Dāneshgāh-e Pahlavi'') is a public university located in Shiraz, Fars, Iran, established in 1946. ...

for a while but was sacked by the fundamentalist government. Up to now five poem collections by him have been published in Shiraz; he was also at editorial board of literary project "Halgheye Niloufari". He died of a

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in Shiraz.

References

20th-century Iranian poets Academic staff of Shiraz University 1947 births 2000 deaths Iranian male poets 20th-century male writers Iranian expatriates in France {{iran-bio-stub