Nima Yooshij
…and symbolic imagery; Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), whose powerful female voice and unrhymed lyrics clearly echo Nima’s example; and Siavash Kasraʾi, Sohrab Sepehri, Nader Naderpour, Houshang Ebtehāj (Sāyâ), Mohammad-Reza Shafii Kadkani and others. Younger poets and critics continued to regard Nima’s approach as a…