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Ali Abdolrezaei (علی عبدالرضایی) •
Abdolali Dastgheib, author (عبدالعلی دستغیب) •
Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik-Persian poet •
Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher •
Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی) •
Adib Boroumand, poet, politician, and lawyer (ادیب برومند) •
Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, writer and translator (احمد کامیابی مَسْک) •
Ahmad Kasravi (احمد کسروی) •
Ahmad NikTalab, poet and linguist (احمد نیکطلب) •
Ahmad Raza Khan (احمدرضا خان) •
Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet •
Akram Fahimian, poet (اکرم فهیمیان) •
Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist (علیاکبر دهخدا) •
Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer (علیمحمد افغانی) •
Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian (علی شریعتی) •
Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی) •
Asad Gulzoda, poet •
Aziz Motazedi, novelist (عزیز معتضدی) •
Bahman Sholevar, writer and poet (بهمن شعلهور) •
Bahram Bayzai, playwright (بهرام بیضایی) •
Bijan Elahi, poet and translator •
Bilal Yousaf, writer, critic •
Bozor Sobir, poet (بازارصابر) •
Bozorg Alavi, writer (بزرگ علوی) •
Dariush Shayegan (داریوش شایگان) •
Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist (ابراهیم نبوی) •
Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer •
Esmail Khoi, Poet •
Ezzat Goushegir •
Farzona, poet (Fаrzonа/فرزانه) •
Farzaneh Aghaeipour (فرزانه آقاییپور) •
Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی) •
Fereshteh Ahmadi, writer (فرشته احمدی) •
Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فریدون مشیری) •
Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد) •
Ghazaleh Alizadeh, novelist (غزاله علیزاده) •
Gholam Hossein Saedi, writer •
Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist (غلامحسین مصاحب) •
Gholamreza Rouhani, Poet (غلامرضا روحانی) •
Gulnazar Keldi, Tajik poet •
Hamid Mosadegh (حمید مصدق) •
Hassan Roshdieh (حسن رشدیه) •
Hassan Kamshad •
Heydar Raqabi (حیدر رقابی) •
Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما) •
Homaira Nakhat Dastgirzada (حمیرا نکهت دستگیرزاده) •
Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری) •
Houshang Moradi Kermani (هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی) •
Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج) •
Ibrahim Ali Tashna, Bengali poet (تشنه) •
Ismail Alam, Bengali poet (اسماعیل عالم) •
Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا) •
Iraj Pezeshkzad, novelist (ایرج پزشکزاد) •
Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد) •
Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار) •
Kazim Yazdani, author and historian (حاج کاظم یزدانی) •
Khalilullah Khalili, poet and writer (خلیلالله خلیلی) •
Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی) •
Loiq Sher-Ali (لائق شیرعلی), poet from Tajikistan •
Leila Kasra, poet and lyricist •
Mahbod Seraji, Writer (مهبد سراجی) •
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی) •
Mahmoud Melmasi - Azarm, poet (محمود ملماسی، آزرم) •
Majid Adibzadeh, writer and scholar (مجید ادیبزاده) •
Majid M. Naini writer, poet, translator, speaker (مجید نایینی) •
Mana Aghaee, poet, author and translator (مانا آقایی) •
Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی) •
Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist •
Maryam Jafari Azarmanipoet, critic (مریم جعفری آذرمانی) •
Massoud Behnoud (مسعود بهنود), journalist •
Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث) •
Mina Assadi, poet, author, journalist, and songwriter (مینا اسدی) •
Mina Dastgheib, poet (مینا دستغیب) •
Rosa Jamali, poet, playwright, translator •
Hamideh Jahangiri, Author, translator, Academic (حمیده جهانگیری) •
Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی) •
Mirzo Tursunzoda, Tajik poet •
Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer and novelist (محمدعلی جمالزاده) •
Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright •
Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمدحسین شهریار) •
Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh (محمدجعفر پوینده) •
Mohammad Mokhtari (محمد مختاری) •
Mohammad Reza Ali Payam (Haloo), poet (محمدرضا عالیپیام) •
Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی) •
Mohammad-Amin Riahi, scholar and writer (محمدامین ریاحی) •
Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet •
Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمدتقی بهار) •
Monica Malek-Yonan, playwright •
Morteza Motahhari, theologian (مرتضی مطهری) •
Muhammad Faizullah, Bengali poet (محمد فیضالله) •
Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani poet (محمد اقبال) •
Nader Naderpour, poet (نادر نادرپور) •
Nasrollah Mardani, poet (نصرالله مردانی) •
Nima Yushij, poet (نیما یوشیج) •
Nosrat Rahmani, poet (نصرت رحمانی) •
Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی) •
Qasim Akhgar, Author, journalist and political activist (قسیم اخگر) •
Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری) •
Reza Baraheni, poet and critic (رضا براهنی) •
Reza Khoshnazar, novelist (رضا خوشبین خوشنظر) •
Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضاقلیخان هدایت) •
Reza Shirmarz, playwright, author, translator, poet and essayist (رضا شیرمرز) •
Roya Hakakian, poet, writer, journalist (رؤیا حکاکیان) •
Saboktakin Saloor, novelist •
Sadegh Choubak, writer (صادق چوبک) •
Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت) •
Sadriddin Ayni (صدرالدین عینی), Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers of the country's history. •
Saeed Nafisi, scholar, poet and writer •
Sahar Delijani, novelist (سحر دلیجانی) •
Samad Behrangi, writer (صمد بهرنگی) •
Seyed Morteza Hamidzadeh, writer (سید مرتضی حمیدزاده) •
Seyed Ali Salehi, poet •
Sems Kesmai, poet (شمس کسمایی) •
Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist (شهرنوش پارسیپور) •
Shams Langeroodi, poet (شمس لنگرودی) •
Shamim Hashimi, poet and writer (شمیم ہاشمی) •
Shapour Bonyad, poet (شاپور بنیاد) •
Sheema Kalbasi, poet and translator (شیما کلباسی) •
Siavash Kasraie poet (سیاوش کسرایی) •
Simin Behbahani, poet (سیمین بهبهانی) •
Simin Daneshvar, writer (سیمین دانشور) •
Sipandi Samarkandi, Tajik bilingual poet •
Sohrab Sepehri, poet and painter (سهراب سپهری) •
Syed Waheed Ashraf, Poet, Sufi, Scholar, Critic •
Syed Abid Ali Abid Poet and Author •
Temur Zulfiqorov, Tajik poet (Temur Zulfiqorov) •
Varand, poet (واراند) •
Yadollah Royaee, poet (یدالله رویایی) •
Abdolhamid Ziaei poet, writer (عبدالحمید ضیایی) •
Hossein Rajabian, Playwright (حسین رجبیان) •
Yasmina Reza, poet (یاسمینا رضا) •
Zoya Pirzad novelist (زویا پیرزاد) •
Niloufar Talebi (نیلوفر طالبی) •
Sholeh Wolpé poet, playwright (شعله ولپی) •
Iraj Zebardast, poet (ایرج زبردست) == See also ==