Parvin E'tesami

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Parvin E'tesami
پروین اعتصامی
Sublime State of Persia
Died4 April 1941(1941-04-04) (aged 34)
Alma materIran Bethel School
OccupationPoet
SpouseFazlollah E'tesami (1934–1935, separation)
Parent
RelativesAbolhassan E'tesami (uncle)

Rakhshandeh E'tesami (Persian: رخشنده اعتصامی, Raḵšanda Eʿteṣāmī; March 17, 1907[1] – April 4, 1941), better known as Parvin E'tesami (Persian: پروین اعتصامی), was an Iranian 20th-century Persian poet.[2][3]

Life

Sketch of Parvin E'tesami

Parvin E'tesami was born on March 17, 1907

Azerbaijan by the Qajar administration.[6][7]

E'tesami had four brothers, her mother died in 1973. Her family moved to Tehran early in her life, and in addition to the formal schooling, she obtained a solid understanding of Arabic and classical Persian literature from her father.[8] At the age of 8 she started writing poems.[8]

She studied at the Iran Bethel School in Tehran, an American high school for girls where she graduated in 1924.[9] Afterwards, she taught for a while at that school.[9] For her graduation she wrote the poem, A Twig of a Wish (1924) about the struggles facing Iranian women, their lack of opportunities and the need for their education.[10]

In 1926, she received an invitation to become the tutor of the queen of the new Pahlavi court, but she refused.[10]

On July 10, 1934, she was married to a cousin of her father, Fazlollah E'tesami, and they moved to the city of Kermanshah.[11] But the marriage only lasted for ten weeks and they separated due to differences of interests and personality and she returned to Tehran.[11]

She was a member of the Kanoun-e-Banovan and supported the Kashf-e hijab reform against compulsory hijab (veiling).[12]

In 1936, E'tesami was awarded by Reza Shah Pahlavi the third-degree Iran Medal of Art and Culture, but she declined.[10]

In 1938–39 she worked for several months at the library of Danesh-Saraay-e 'Aali, (currently known as

Tarbiat Moallem University
) of Tehran.

Her father died in 1938, and she died only three years later of Typhoid fever.[2][13] She was buried near her father in Qom, near the Masumeh shrine.

Parvin E'tesami's house became an Iranian national heritage site on October 19, 2006.

Work

E'tesami's grave in Qom

E'tesami was around seven or eight years old when her poetic ability was revealed. Through her father's encouragement, she versified some literary pieces which were translated from western sources by her father. In 1921 to 1922, some of her earliest known poems were published in the

distiches.[14]

The poems "Gem and Stone, Oh Bird, Orphan's Tears, Desired Child, Our Lightning is the Oppression of Richness, Effort and Action, and Sorrow of Poverty are among the most well-known poems she penned at a young age.

In her short life, she managed to achieve great fame amongst her fellow Iranians. E'tesami's poetry follows the classical Persian tradition, its form and its substance. She remained unaffected by or perhaps ignored the modernistic trends in

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According to Professor Heshmat Moayyad, her Safar-e ashk (Journey of a tear) counts among the finest lyrics ever written in Persian.

Another form of poetry, the monazara (debate), claims the largest portions of E'tesami's Divan. She composed approximately sixty-five poems in the style of monazara and seventy-five anecdotes, fables, and

abstract concepts, all personified and symbolizing her wealth of ideas. Through these figures she holds up a mirror to others showing them the abuses of society and their failure in moral commitment. Likewise, in these debates she eloquently expresses her basic thoughts about life and death, social justice, ethics, education, and the supreme importance of knowledge".[2][16]

Parvin E'tesami began writing poetry from a young age; her first published works appeared in the Iranian magazine Baharin the early 1920s, when she was just a teenager. Throughout her life, E`tesami's work was a marriage of the traditional and modern; while her poetic style eschewed the new

Parvin Etisami Literary Award

Parvin Etisami Literary Award was started in 2003 by the cultural assistant of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in the Office of Cultural Assemblies and Activities. It is held in different categories of poetry, fiction, dramatic literature , research literature, children's and adolescent poetry, children's and adolescent stories.

Death

On April 4, 1941,[18] Parvin Etesami died. On October 19, 2006, her home was designated as a national historic site in Iran.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ Profile of Parvin E'tesami
  2. ^ a b c Heshmat Moayyad. Parvin Etesami. Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
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  4. ^ "كارواني از شعر: گنجينهاي از اثار ارزنده هزار و صد ساله شعر ايران". 1985.
  5. ^ "Persian Language & Literature: Parvin Etesami". Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  6. ^ a b Moayyad, Heshmat (December 15, 1998). "Etesami, Mirza Yusuf Khan Ashtiani, Etesam-al-Molk". iranicaonline.org. Encyclopedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 6. p. 666. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "Khayam Persian Calendar Program". Payvand News.
  8. ^ a b Bashiri, Iraj (February 2001). "Parvin E'tesami's Life". Bashiri Working Papers on Central Asia and Iran. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  9. ^ a b Moayyad, Heshmat (December 15, 1998). "EʿTEṢĀMĪ, PARVĪN". iranicaonline.org. Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 6. pp. 666–669. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  10. ^ a b c "Persian poet Parvin E'tesami commemorated". Iran Art. Iran Daily. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  11. ^ a b "Parvin Etesami; Shining jewel in Persian literature's history". Mehr News Agency. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  12. ^ "FEMINIST MOVEMENTS iii. IN THE PAHLAVI PERIOD, Hamideh Sedghi". Enycyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  13. ^ "Audio version of Parvin Etesami's divan released in Armenian". Tehran Times. 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
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  15. ^ "Parvin E'tesami, Unmatched Cultural Treasure of Iran". Women NCRI. 15 March 2022.
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    . Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  17. ^ Allen, Roger M.A. (July 20, 1998). "Islamic arts - The modern period". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-09. The lyrics of Parvīn Eʿteṣāmī (died 1940) are regarded as near classics, despite a trace of sentimentality in their sympathetic treatment of the poor.
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  19. ^ "Persian Poet, Parvin E'tesami". Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-06.

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