Esmaeel Azar or Amir Esmaeel Azar (born 9 December 1944, Isfahan, Iran) is a professor of Persian literature and director of the Department of Persian Language at the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, and director of the Farhangban Cultural and Artistic Institute. He also works as a presenter on literary programs on Iranian television, including the "Watching the Oath and the Beginning of the Word" (Poetry-related TV program). He is a member of the Art commission at the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, Director of the Persian Literature Department at the Economic Cooperation Organization, Member of the Naming Committee at the National Organization for Civil Registration of Iran, member of the scientific commissions of the Public Libraries of Iran and a member of the board of directors of the Comparative Literature Association of Iran.
Personal life
He was born on 9 December 1944, Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran. His mother was the principal of a girls' high school in Isfahan and his father was a government employee. He has two sisters and a brother. He left Isfahan when he was 22 years old to study in Tehran. He married at the age of 30 and has a child named Amir Hossein.
Education and career
He completed his primary and secondary education at Hatef Primary and Secondary School in Isfahan and then studied radiation therapy at the University of Isfahan, but left school and went to Tehran where he studied music and then him to Persian literature. He received a master's degree in comparative literature and then a doctorate in Persian language and literature.
He joined the radio at the age of 18 and began making programs for it.
He has also performed on Iranian television since 1992 as a host of poetry programs.
He has been a scientific advisor and head of the Department of Persian Language and Literature at the Higher Education Institute of Culture and Art He has also published books on Persian literature and translated books into Persian.
Bibliography
Saadi Shenasi (title means Recognition of Saadi), 1996
Jane Jahan – Majmooe Soroudehaye Shaerane Moaser Dar Manghebate emame Asheghan (title means The Spirit of World – a collection of poems by contemporary poets in the praise of Imam of lovers), 1999 Mirase Eshgh, Jameh Shere Ashoura Ba Moghaddameye Mofassal Piramoon Dar Shere Dini (title means The Legacy of Love, a comprehensive Ashura poem with a detailed introduction to religious poetry), 2002 Adabiate Iran Dar Adabiate Jahan (title means Iranian literature in world literature), 2008 Tarikhe Hezar Saleye Shere Farsi Darbareye Imam Reza (title means The thousand-year history of Persian poetry about Imam Reza), 2008 Khorshide Khorasan – Tarikh Va Jameh Shere Imam Reza (title means The Sun of Khorasan – History and comprehensive poetry about Imam Reza), 2008 Shokouhe Eshgh: Tarikh Va Shere Ashura (title means The Glory of Love: History and Poetry of Ashura), 2009 Ebratgahe Tarikh: Sargozashthaye Khandani Va Ebrat Amouze Tarikhe Iran (title means History lesson: readable and instructive stories of Iranian history), 2010 Tasire Hafez Bar Adabiate Gharb (title means The influence of Hafez on West literature), 2011 Daneshnameye Nowrouz (title means Nowruz Encyclopedia), 2011 Hafez Dar Ansouye Marzha: Pazhouheshi Dar Adabiate Tatbighi (title means Hafez Across Borders: A Study in Comparative Literature), 2011 Avaye Pahlevani: Morouri Bar Tarikhe Ayyari Va Javanmardi Dar Iran (title means The Voice of Heroism: A Review of the History of Chastity and Manliness in Iran), 2013 Elahi Nameye Attar Dar Nazariyeye Neshaneh, Manashenasi Alzhir Germes Va Sheklshenasie Gérard Genette (title means Theological Letter of Attar in sign theory, semantics of Algirdas Greimas and Gérard Genette's morphology), 2014 Qoran Dar Shere Parsi (title means Quran in Persian poetry), 2015
Compilation
Nasimi Az Bokhara: Gozideh Ashare Roudaki (title means A Breeze from Bukhara: Selection of Rudaki poems), 2010 Ketabe Moshaereh (title means Book of Poetry), 2011 Sarzamine Nowrouz: Pishineh, Adab va Rosum (title means Nowruz Land: Background, customs), 2011
Translations
Eshtiagh (Persian Translation of Poetry named Desire from Kahlil Gibran), 1989
Shahkarhaye Adabie Jahan (Persian Translation of Masterpieces of World Literature by Frank Northen Magill), 2009