Babak NikTalab (Persian: بابک نیک‌طلب; born 30 June 1967) is an Iranian poet and writer.

He won the Golden Cypress for the 5th edition of the Fajr International Poetry Festival and was one of the winners of the first Abbas Yamini Sharif Award.

[1] In some Arabic publications, he has been mentioned as the father of Iranian adolescent poetry.

[6] He has collaborated with the Children and Adolescents Intellectual Development Center,[3] Poetry Council of Tehran Municipality Cultural and Artistic Organization,[7] Poetry Council of the Music Office of the Ministry of Culture and Guidance,[6] Association of Children and Adolescent Writers (Navisak).

[3] In Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East, the book's authors Christiane Gruber and Sune Haugbolle, according to the preface and page 82 of this book refer to the book Aftab Afarinesh (in English: Sun of Creations) (published by the Children and Adolescents Intellectual Development Center), Babak NikTalab has been mentioned as one of the cultural influences of the contemporary Middle East.