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Cyrus Atabay

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Cyrus Atabay
Grave tomb of Cyrus Atabay in Munich
Born(1929-09-06)6 September 1929
Died26 January 1996(1996-01-26) (aged 66)[2]
Munich, Germany
NationalityIranian
Parents
RelativesReza Shah (grandfather)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (uncle)
FamilyPahlavi dynasty
Awards

Cyrus Atabay (Persian: سیروس آتابای, 6 September 1929 – 26 January 1996) was a Persian-German poet. He mostly wrote in German and also translated works of Persian literature into German.[1] Atabay was decorated on numerous occasions for his literary efforts, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize in 1990 and the Hugo-Jacobi-Preis in 1957.[1]

Biography

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Cyrus Atabay was born in Tehran as the son of Hadi Atabay and Hamdam Saltaneh Pahlavi, the first daughter of Reza Shah.[1] Before turning 8 years old, Cyrus was sent to Berlin by his father to attend school; he lived in Germany during World War II.[1] After the war, he lived in Iran and Switzerland.[1] In Switzerland, Cyrus's talent for poetry was noted by author Max Rychner, and in Germany by Gottfried Benn; both wrote positively about him.[1] His works were published for the first time in 1948 in Die Tat ("The deed"), a Swiss journal.[1] In 1951, Cyrus returned to Germany from Switzerland and studied literature at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1952–1960). As a student in Munich, his "first three poetry collections" were published, in 1956, 1958 and 1960 respectively.[1] In 1965, Cyrus published his first work of translation, consisting of a selection of ghazals originally written by the Medieval Persian poet Hafez.[1] In 1978, Cyrus moved to London where he met Elias Canetti and Erich Fried. He moved back to Germany in 1983 where he lived until his death.[1]

Awards

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Publications

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  • Die Worte der Ameisen. Düsseldorf: Classen Verlag, 1971, 100 pp.
  • Gesange von Morgen: Neue Iranische Lyrik. Hamburg: Classen Verlag, 1968, 126 pp.
  • Hafis, Rumi, Omar Chajjam; übertragen von Cyrus Atabay: Die schönsten Gedichte aus dem klassischen Persien. Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort Versehen von Kurt Scharf. 4th ed. Munich: C. H. Beck, 2015.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Rezvani 2014.
  2. ^ "اشعار شاعر ایرانی به فارسی ترجمه شد". IBNA (in Persian). 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

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