The position of Mehdi Akhavan-Sales in Nima study

Nima Yoshij was nicknamed "Father of New Poetry" due to the new style and format he created in Persian poetry. But Nima was not alone in the difficult path of popularizing and consolidating his new format, and his fans and followers rushed to help him. Mahdi Akhavan-Sales is one of the most significant followers of Nima, who, according to many researchers, has a prominent position in the field of introducing Nima's poetry and its characteristics. This article tries to explain Akhavan-Sales real position in this field. For this purpose, first by exploring the publications of the first four decades of the 14th century, identifying the pre- Akhavan authors and examining their articles and writings, then the article "A Kind of Weight in Modern Persian Poetry" as the most important and influential article of the Akhwan about Nima and the analysis and the reasons for the importance of this article and its prominent position in the field of Nima studies are explained under five sections. In the end, it is clear that despite the effective steps taken by other researchers to introduce Nima and his poetry, the Akhavan article was a very important and influential step in theorizing and introducing Nima'i poetry, its subtleties and capacities, and in the attention of traditionalist academics to this emerging format. It had a significant impact.