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# Ahmad Shamlou

(1925–2000)   Linguist

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Ahmad Shamlou was a linguist.

## Quick Facts About Ahmad Shamlou

Born December 12, 1925

Died July 24, 2000

Profession Linguist

## About Ahmad Shamlou

Iranian Persian poet, writer, and journalist (1925-2000)... \| Ahmad Shamlou, also known under his pen name A. Bamdad was an Iranian 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 Yooshij. In fact, Abdolali Dastgheib, Iranian literary critic, argues t

##  Quotes by Ahmad Shamlou

> [“If liberty sang a song, little, as the larynx of a bird, nowhere would there remain a tumbling wall.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmad-shamlou/if-liberty-sang-a-song-little-as-the-larynx-of-a-bird-nowhere-would/)

[Ahmad Shamlou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmad-shamlou/)

[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/ahmad-shamlou-110568_freedom_if-liberty-sang-a-song-little-as-the-lar_1269431.jpg)

> [“I am bothered by a pain which isn’t mine I lived in a land which isn’t mine I have lived with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmad-shamlou/i-am-bothered-by-a-pain-which-isn-t-mine-i-lived-in-a-land-which-isn/)

[Ahmad Shamlou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmad-shamlou/)

[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/ahmad-shamlou-110568_death_i-am-bothered-by-a-pain-which-isn-t-mine_1764901.jpg)

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