Sohrab Sepehri
Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980) is considered one of the most Iranian poets of the twentieth century. The first U.S. publication of his work, The Oasis of Now, was translated by Mohammad Jafar Mahallati and Kazim Ali, and was published by BOA Editions in November 2013. An acclaimed painter, Sepehri published numerous volumes during his lifetime and traveled widely throughout the world, including Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, China and Japan, the United States and South America. Many of his poems were influenced by his relationship with nature, and his studies of Eastern philosophy and visual arts and were often composed in a cadence similar to spoken language, considered a radical innovation at the time.
