Real name: Ahmad Shamloo

Effective period / Period of releases: 1994

Ahmad Shamloo, also known under his pen name A. Bamdad (December 12, 1925 – July 24, 2000), was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. His initial poetry was influenced by and in the tradition of Nima Youshij. Shamlou's poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is simple. As the base, he was using the traditional imagery familiar to his Iranian audience through the works of Persian masters like Hafiz and Omar Khayyám.