Mazāher-i Shahāmat

Mazaher Shahamat (born 3 Azar 1345 / 24 November 1966, Meshkinshahr) is an Iranian poet, fiction writer, and literary critic. He began his literary activity in the mid-1970s (mid-1350s in the Iranian calendar) by publishing works in newspapers and magazines such as Keyhan, Rastakhiz, Shanbeh Sorkh, Takapo, Kelk, Azma, Hamshahri Tehran Special, Goharan, Nafeh, Kargozar, Shargh, Etemad, Iran, Etemad Melli, Ayandeh No, Kargozaran, and local Azerbaijani publications including Avaye Ardabil, Payam Ardabil, Fazl, Shoor, Ardabil Farda, Avaye Mardom, Sayan-Mehr, Morgh-e Sahar, Asr-e Azadi, Adineh, Mahd-e Azadi, Sedaye Edalat, Bahare Azerbaijan, Navid Azerbaijan, and more.

Shahamat is a member of the Iranian Writers’ Association and writes in both Persian and Azerbaijani (Turkish). His other activities include hosting and performing several radio programs, conducting story readings, literary critiques, and interviews on Radio Ardabil, and participating in cultural events in cities such as Ardabil, Tabriz, Tehran, Rasht, Dezful, and others. He has also served as a judge for various poetry and story competitions across Iran. Several of his poems have been translated into English, German, Swedish, Arabic, and Turkish.

Selected Bibliography:

Nokhostin Ashar (First Poems, poetry collection, Arast Publishing, 1370 / 1991)

Az Meh o Mahestan Faghat Khabha-ye Man (Short story collection, Dastansara Publishing, 1382 / 2003)

Az Konj-e Chandom-e Daireh (Poetry collection, Butimar Publishing, 1385 / 2006)

Adamiyan Ke Dar (Novel, Farhang-e Ilya Publishing, 1384 / 2005)

Virgoolhaye Abi-ye Zamin (Novel, Mina Publishing, 1386 / 2007)

Jomhuriye Barzakh (Poetry collection, Shani Publishing, 1396 / 2017)

Dari be Dayereh-haye Gach (Poetry collection, Hasht Publishing, 1396 / 2017)