List of Persian poets and authors
The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran, Afghanistan,Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Although a few authors in this list do not have their ethnic origin, nevertheless they have enriched Persian culture and civilization by their remarkable contributions to the rich Persian literature. The modern Persian speaker comprehends the literature of the earliest Persian poets including founder of the Persian poetry and literature Rudaki all the way down to the works of modern Persian poets. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.
From the 7th to the 8th centuries
- Abu'l-Abbas Marwazi
- Gani Kashmiri
9th century
- Rudaki
- Muhammad al-Bukhari Persian Islamic Scholar,
- Mansur Al-Hallaj
- Shahid Balkhi
- Abu Hafs Sughdi
10th century
- Ferdowsi فردوسی
- Abusaeid Abolkheir ابوسعید ابوالخیر
- Rudaki رودکی
- Abu Mansur Daqiqi ابومنصور دقیقی
- Mansur Al-Hallaj منصور حلاج
- Unsuri عنصری
- Rabi'a Balkhi رابعه بلخی
- Asjadi عسجدی
- Farrukhi Sistani فرخی سیستانی
- Kisai Marvazi کسائی مروزی
- Abu Shakur Balkhi ابوشکور بلخی
- Qabus, Qabus ibn Wushmagir, poet ابوالحسن قابوس بن وشمگیر بن زیار, شمس المعالی
- Ayyuqi عیوقی
- Khwaja Abdullah Ansari خواجه عبدالله انصاری
- Li Shunxian a concubine of the Chinese Emperor Wang Yan
11th century
- Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani
- Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami
- Asad Gorgani
- Omar Khayyám, poet
- Sanai, poet حکیم ابوالمجد مجدود بن آدم سنایی غزنوی
- Hujviri d1073
- Abdul Qadir Gilani
- Manuchihri
- Abolfazl Beyhaghi, historian
- Abu'l-Hasan Bayhaqi
- Nasir Khusraw, traveler, writer and poet
- Baba Tahir Oryan
- Rabi'ah Quzdari
- Abu-al-faraj Runi
- Keykavus Eskandar
- Nizam al-Mulk, author of Siyasatnama
- Azraqi
- Masud Sa'd Salman
- Uthman Mukhtari
- Qatran Tabrizi
- Mughatil ibn Bakri
- Asadi Tusi اسدی طوسی
- Nizami نظامی گنجوی، نظامی
- Imam Muhammad Ghazali
- Abhari
12th century
- Suzani Samarqandi, شمس الدین محمد بن علی poet
- Adib Sabir ادیب صابر
- Am'aq عمعق بخارائی
- Anvari انوری ابیوردی
- Farid al-Din Attar, poet فریدالدین عطار نیشاپوری
- Nizami, poet نظامی
- Sheikh Ruzbehan شیخ روزبهان
- Abdul Qadir Gilani عبدالقادر گیلانی
- Khaqani Shirvani خاقانی شروانی
- Sanaayi سنایی
- Sheikh Ahmad Jami
- Muhammad Aufi
- Falaki Shirvani
- Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
- Sanai Ghaznavi, poet
- Mu'izzi
- Ibn Balkhi
- Uthman Mukhtari
- Mahsati, poet مهستی گنجوی
- Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Umari Vatvat خولجه رشید الدین وطواط
- Nizami Arudhi Samarqandi نظامی عروضی سمرقندی
13th century
- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, poet
- Sultan Walad
- Saadi, poet
- Rashid-al-Din Hamadani,
- Shams Tabrizi
- Sheikh Ruzbehan
- Zahed Gilani
- Khwaju Kermani
- Mahmoud Shabestari
- Najmeddin Razi
- Muhammad Aufi
- Qazi Beiza'i
- Awhadi Maraghai
- Auhaduddin Kermani
- Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din
- Ata-Malik Juvayni
- Nasreddin
14th century
- Hafez, poet حافظ
- Amir Khusrow, امیر خسرو دهلوی
- Ubayd Zakani عبید زاکانی
- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, میر سید علی ابن شہاب الدین ہمدانی - Islamic preacher traveller and poet
- Kamal Khujandi, poet, sufism
- Shahin Shirazi
- Junayd Shirazi
- Qasem-e Anvar
- Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din
- Shah Nimatullah Wali
15th century
- Jami, poet
- Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, poet
- Badriddin Hilali, poet
- Imrani, poet
- Fuzûlî, poet فضولی
16th century
- Nahapet Kuchak
- Teimuraz I of Kakheti
- Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet
- Vahshi Bafghi
17th century
- Teimuraz I of Kakheti
- Saib Tabrizi, poet
- Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil
- Guru Gobind Singh - Composed the famous Zafarnamah
- Zeb-un-Nissa Makhfi
- Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet
- Bhai Nand Lal
18th century
- Hazin Lahiji
- Hatef Esfehani, poet
- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib,
19th century
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, Malek o-Sho'arā Bahār محمد تقی بهار
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist and journalist علی اکبر دهخدا
- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib مرزا اسد اللہ خان غالب
- Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, poet, author, scholar
- Mirzadeh Eshghi میرزاده عشقی
- Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat, poet and historian رضا قلی خان هدایت
- Iraj Mirza ایرج میرزا
- Ebrahim Poordavood, ancient languages, Avesta ابراهیم پور داوود
- Aref Qazvini عارف قزوینی
- Hassan Roshdieh حسن رشدیه
- Siyyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi, founder of Babism, سيد علی محمد شیرازی
- Táhirih Qorrat al-'Ayn, Babi poet and theologian
- Mirza Husayn 'Ali Nuri, founder of Bahaism, میرزا حسین‌علی نوری
- Farrokhi Yazdi فرخی یزدی
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal محمد اقبال Allama.
- Sheyda Gerashi, poet and Panegyrist شیدای گراشی
- Qaani قاآنی
20th century and beyond
- Ali Abdolrezaei
- Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik-Persian poet
- Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
- Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet
- Adib Boroumand, poet, politician, and lawyer
- Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, writer and translator
- Ahmad Kasravi
- Ahmad NikTalab, poet and linguistic
- Ahmad Raza Khan
- Ahmad Shamlou, poet
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist
- Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer
- Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian
- Aref Qazvini,
- Asad Gulzoda, poet
- Aziz Motazedi, novelist
- Bahman Sholevar, writer and poet
- Bahram Bayzai, playwright
- Bilal Yousaf, writer, critiquer
- Bozorg Alavi, writer
- Dariush Shayegan
- Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist
- Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer
- Esmail Khoi, Poet
- Ezzat Goushegir
- Farzona, poet
- Farzaneh Aghaeipour
- Fereidoon Tavallali, poet
- Fereshteh Ahmadi, writer
- Fereydoun Moshiri, poet
- Forough Farrokhzad, poet
- Ghazaleh Alizadeh, novelist
- Gholam Hossein Saedi, writer
- Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist
- Gholamreza Rouhani, Poet
- Gulnazar Keldi, Tajik poet
- Hamid Mosadegh
- Hassan Roshdieh
- Heydar Yaghma
- Houshang Golshiri
- Houshang Moradi Kermani
- Hushang Ebtehaj
- Iraj Mirza, poet
- Iraj Pezeshkzad, novelist
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
- Zhaleh Amouzegar
- Khalilullah Khalili Poet and writer
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani
- Loiq Sher-Ali, poet from Tajikistan
- Leila Kasra, poet and lyricist
- Mahbod Seraji, Writer
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
- Mahmoud Melmasi - Azarm, poet
- Mahyar Mazloumi, poet
- Majid Adibzadeh, writer and scholar
- Majid Naficy, poet
- Majid M. Naini writer, poet, translator, speaker
- Mana Aghaee, poet, author and translator
- Manouchehr Atashi
- Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
- Maryam Jafari Azarmani, poet, critic
- Massoud Behnoud, journalist
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet
- Mina Assadi, poet, author, journalist and songwriter
- Mirzadeh Eshghi
- Mirzo Tursunzoda, Tajik poet
- Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer
- Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet
- Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh
- Mohammad Mokhtari
- Mohammad Reza Ali Payam, poet
- Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi, scholar and writer
- Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet
- Mona Borzouee, poet,lyricist,writer
- Monica Malek-Yonan, playwright
- Morteza Motahhari, theologian
- Muhammad Iqbal, poet
- Nader Naderpour, poet
- Nima Yushij, poet
- Nosrat Rahmani, poet
- Parvin E'tesami, poet
- Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet
- Reza Baraheni, poet and critic
- Reza Khoshnazar, novelist
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian
- Roya Hakakian, poet, writer, journalist
- Saboktakin Saloor, novelist
- Sadegh Choubak, writer
- Sadegh Hedayat
- Sadriddin Ayni, 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
- Samad Behrangi, writer
- Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist
- Shams Langeroodi, poet
- Shamim Hashimi, poet and writer
- Shapour Bonyad, poet
- Sheema Kalbasi, poet and translator
- Siavash Kasraie poet
- Simin Behbahani, poet
- Simin Daneshvar, writer
- Sipandi Samarkandi, Tajik bilingual poet
- Sohrab Sepehri, poet and painter
- Syed Waheed Ashraf, Poet, Sufi, Scholar, Critic
- Syed Abid Ali Abid Poet and Author
- Temur Zulfiqorov, Tajik poet
- Varand, poet
- Yadollah Royaee, poet
- Hossein Rajabian, Playwright
- Yasmina Reza, poet
- Zoya Pirzad novelist
- Sholeh Wolpé poet, playwright
- Iraj Zebardast, poet