The Influence of Foreign Works on Akhavan's Poetry

Contemporary Persian literature of the 20th century has dramatically changed in line with the mainstream societal and cultural events. The investigation of the effect of translated western works such as novels, dramas and poetry as a modern cultural movement could reflect the way contemporary literature of Iran has correspondingly changed. In the meantime, even those groups of poets who have a national orientation in their works have gained advantage of western literary works in original language or through translation. Mahdi Akhavan Saleth, one of the famous modern poets, translated some of the western works. He later digress from mere translation of western works and tried to touch his creativity in the course of his literary activity. “Se Ghatre”, “Gole Sorkh o Golchin”, “Sag-ha o Gorg-ha”, “Gorg o Bareh”, “Angah pas az Tondar” and “Maya”, are some of Akhavan’s poems which are created under the effect of translation of foreign works. This paper aims at investigating how these poems have been influenced by western works.