Babak NikTalab (born 30 June 1967) is an Iranian poet and writer. He won the Golden Cypress of 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. He is also mentioned as one of the most influential cultural figures in the contemporary Middle East in Indiana University's Visual Culture Research in the Modern Middle East.[2]
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Master Babak NikTalab | |
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بابک نیک طلب | |
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Pronunciation | /'babæk , ni:k.'tæ.læb'/ |
Born | (1967-06-30) 30 June 1967 (age 55) Tehran, Iran |
Nationality | Iranian |
Education | Bachelor of Persian Literature |
Occupation | Poet |
Known for | Adolescent poetry |
Title | the father of Iranian adolescent poetry |
Movement | Juvenile literature |
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Relatives | Aminollah Rezaei (Uncle) Poopak Niktalab (Sister) |
Family | Niktalab family |
Babak NikTalab was born in Tehran on 30 July 1967.[3] He started composing poetry at the age of 16.[4][5] He is the son of Ahmad NikTalab, an Iranian poet.[5] Niktalab was his first independent book, Pishvaz Roshani, which he published in 1992.[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).[8] He has also supervised the poetry section of various magazines such as Student Roshd Magazine.[9][10] Some of his books have been published as audio books.[11] He is a literary expert at the Ministry of Education of Iran.[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, while referring to the book Aftab Afarinesh (in English:Sun of Creations) (published by the Children and Adolescents Intellectual Development Center), he has been mentioned as one of the cultural influences of the contemporary Middle East.[2]
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Contemporary Persian and Classical Persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. At one time, Persian was a common cultural language of much of the non-Arabic Islamic world. Today it is the official language of Iran, Tajikistan and one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. |