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The list is not comprehensive but is continuously being expanded and includes writers and poets from Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.

==Before The [[Islamic Invasion |

Most of the ancient Persian literature was lost during the Islamic conquest of Persia.

From the Islamic Invasion to the 8th century

Morteza Motahhari lists the name of dozens of Iranians who contributed to Arabic, Persian, or Pahlavi literature during the Umayyid occupation period of Iran.* Although not particularly famous for Persian literature, nevertheless some of the more notable names are:

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century and beyond

Prose

Poetry

References

  • Motahari, Khadamat-i mutaghanil-i Iran wa Islam, Vol 14, p583-590
  • E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-700-70406-X
  • Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
  • Zarrinkoub, Two centuries of silence, ISBN 964-5983-33-6

See also

Persian literature

 

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