Hamid Mosadegh

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Hamid Mosadegh, Persian poet, at his home in Tehran

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Hamid Mosadegh (Mosadegh, Mosadeq), (Persian: حمید مصدق, January 31, 1940, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran - 28 November 1998, Tehran) was a contemporary Iranian poet, author and lawyer.

Biography

He was born in Shahrida, one of the Isfahan's towns, and was grown up in Isfahan. Young Mosaddegh compeleted primary and secondary education in Isfahan. Manochehr Badiee, Houshang Golshiri, Mohammad Hoqouqi(Hoghoughi) and Bahram Sadeghi were Mosaddegh's friends in high school. He established Saeb Literary Association in Isfahan in young age.

He went to Tehran in 1960, and got his Bachelors degree from University of Tehran, and his Masters degree in Economy. In 1966, he left Iran for continuing education in England. In 1972, he got his Administrative Law degree from National University and became an assistant professor at University of Tehran and Kerman University, teaching several Research Methods courses. From 1981, he began teaching law, especially Cooperative Law, becoming a faculty member of Law School of University of Tehran and Allameh Tabatabaie university. He was a lawyer of Iranian Administration of Justice, member of the bar association and editor in chief of Journal of Association. Beside working as a lawyer, he continued writing poems and publishing some of them.

His career as a lawyer was strongly effected by his life as a poet and his political concerns. Most of his defendents were other Iranian authors and artists, such as Simin Behbahani, another famous Iranian poet.

In 1972, he married Laleh Mosaddegh (Khoshknaabi). They have two daughters: Ghazal and Taraneh.

In the words of critics one of the distinctive features of his poems is simplicity, fluency and sincerity. As Simin Behbahani argued: "Mosaddegh associated (Iranian's) humanistic goals with poetry." Hamid Mosaddegh was close to the heart of Iranian people and his poems are understandable and easy to connect with, for most people and are still read and loved by Iranians of various ages and classes.

In 1998, he died at Day Hospital in Tehran because of heart attack. He is buried in "Ghate'ye Honarmandan" in Tehran.

On his tombstone it has been written: "Remember us, whom in all life's night, Prowl for searching twilight. Remember us kindly and by heart." The words are from one of his last poems in "Shir-e-Sorkh", that talks mostly with Iranian youth, giving them hope for a better future.

Publications

• First and long versified "Royal flag" (derafsh-e kaaviyani)

• Versified of "Blue,Black,Grey" (abi, khakestari, siah)

This collection is not only romantic, but also political, revieling the emotions and dreams of Iranian young generation during 70s.

• In the Wind Direction (dar rahgozar-e bad), 1968

• From Separations (az jodayi-ha), 1979

• The Years of Patience (salhay-e saboori), 1990

• Red Lion (shir-e sorkh), 1997

• Fibers (tarh hayee), A collection of his works

• A Preface to Research Methods

• Collection of Molavi's Quatrain

• Hafez' Sonnets

He also has published books in the field of Law.

External links

http://www.iranactor.com/BELLES/mosaddegh/defult.htm

http://avayeazad.com/hamid_mosadegh/index.htm