Abolqasem Lahouti 1887 – 1957

Biography

Abolqasem Lahouti was born on October 12, 1887, in Kermanshah, a city in western Persia. He would become known as a significant Persian poet, contributing to the literary traditions of his homeland during a transformative period in Persian culture and history. Throughout his life, Lahouti engaged with the poetic forms and themes that defined Persian letters during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Lahouti’s life took him beyond the borders of his birthplace, eventually leading him to Moscow, where he spent his later years. He remained active in literary pursuits even as he lived far from his native land. On March 16, 1957, Lahouti passed away in Moscow at the age of sixty-nine. His contributions to Persian poetry left a lasting mark on the literary community, and he was honored with burial at Novodevichy Cemetery in the Khamovniki District of Russia, a place of significance for notable cultural figures.