Hushang Ebtehaj

Iranian poet

Amir Hushang Ebtehaj (Persian: هوشنگ ابتهاج, with the pen name of H. E. Sayeh (Persian: ه. ا. سایه, lit. Shadow); 25 February 1928 – 10 August 2022) was an Iranian-German poet. He wrote about Iran's political, cultural and literary culture and controversies.

Hushang Ebtehaj
Ebtehaj in 2007
Ebtehaj in 2007
BornAmir Hushang Ebtehaj
(1928-02-26)26 February 1928[1]
Rasht, Gilan, Iran
Died10 August 2022(2022-08-10) (aged 94)
Cologne, Germany
LanguagePersian
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIran, Germany
GenrePoet
Spouse
Alma Maikial
(m. 1959; her death 2022)
Children4

Signature

After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Sayeh spent a year in prison for his writings. In 1987, he moved to Cologne, Germany, with his family and lived there.

Ebtehaj died on 10 August 2022 in Cologne at the age of 94.[2]

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