Ali Salehi

Seyed Ali Salehi[1] (born April 1954 in Khuzestan) is a contemporary Iranian poet and writer.

Salehi is a prominent and well-known figure in contemporary Persian poetry.

[3][4][5] Seyed Ali Salehi was born on April 1, 1954, in the village of Marghab in the Izeh Bakhtiari district of Khuzestan province to a farming family.

[6][7][8] His first poems were published by Masjed Soleiman Oil Company in the local magazine of Abolghasem Halat.

[9][10][11][12][13] Salehi is credited with establishing the mawj-e nab literary movement and promoting shi'r-e guftar (speech poetry) in Iran.