Taher – wiersze współczesnego Iranu
Taher - Poems of Contemporary Iran

Author(s): Ivonna Nowicka
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: contemporary Iranian poetry; poetry translation; topoi in poetry; poetry from Bushehr
Summary/Abstract: The poetry of Iranian poet and visual artist Taher (pen name of Mohammad Ali Taheri) from Bushehr in southern Iran is an opportunity to discover contemporary verse from this less visible and less known region in the literary section of Iranian studies. Apart from a presentation of Taher’s artistic output, the introduction includes a discussion on the subject matter of his free verse, narrative poems. They span a wide range of topics, from interconnectedness of life and the contemplation of existence to migration to the situation of the Middle East torn by oil wars. In addition to fifteen Polish translations the article comprises three English renderings with their Persian originals. The translations were part of a 2021 scholarship granted by the Old Town Culture House in Warsaw. This is a printed premier of Taher’s poetry, as it has hitherto not been published either in Iran or abroad.

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