Ahmad NikTalab (, ; 22 April 1934 – 3 March 2020), also known as Yavar Hamedani (یاور همدانی ), was an Iranian poet, author, and linguist.
Life
He was born in
Hamadan. After education and living in Hamedan for the first part of his life, he went to
Tehran to continue his education in Tehran University. His first articles were published in Armaghan Magazines.
His first poems were published at the age of thirteen.
He has been active in the literary associations of Hamedan and Tehran, including the Iranian
Literary society. He was also a prominent member of the Iranian Literary Association. Rahi Moayeri,
Mehrdad Avesta,
Hossein Monzavi, etc. were among his acquaintances and colleagues.
From the 1930s, Ahmad Niktalab began his work with the Radio Organization, along with figures such as Rahi Moayeri, many of whose songs have been sung on music ever since.
[یاور همدانی] Many of Hamedani's local songs have been translated into many Eastern languages while being
Broadcasting on
IRIB programs.
He is a member of the Niktalab family. His eldest son is Babak NikTalab who is a Persian poet and her daughter is Poopak NikTalab.
He worked voluntarily at Poetry Council at Office of Poetry and Music of Ministry of culture After retirement to preserve music in Iran; His office had been in Vahdat Hall for 25 years.
He died of a heart attack in Tehran at the age of 85.
Partial bibliography
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Ganj Nameh Persian lyrics collection, Tehran: Setavand Yazd, 2001
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Saye Sare Alvand (or Sāyahʹsār-i Alvand), Persian lyrics collection, Tehran : Sūrah-i Mihr, published
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Selected Poems, Tehran: Neystan Publishing
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Masnavi soroud farda ("Tomorrow's Anthem")
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From Tehran to Tehran: History of Tehran, Tehran: Tehran Municipality Publications
Part of his poem
One of his famous Poetries is "
Mehraban Mah" (means: The kind moon):
The night came, my kind moon did not come
The bright light of my way did not come ...
The dawn came and the sun blossomed like a flower
But the flower of morning's garden didn't come...
Poetry collection
Divan or Poetry collection of Yavar Hamedani, published by the Iranian Pen Association in a series of books by veterans of contemporary literature, includes poems by Yavar Hamedani in various formats of
Lyric poetry,
ode,
quatrain,
Mathnawi, composition of quatrain,
couplet and native poems in Hamedani dialect. The book was unveiled a year after his death anniversary.
