List of Persian-language poets and authors

This is a list of Persian poets and writers.

Classical

• Rudaki
• Shahid Balkhi
• Boshakor Balkhi
• Daqiqi
• Ferdowsi
• Mansur Al Hallaj
• Farrokhi Sistani
• Unsuri
• Kasai Marvazi
• Manuchehri
• Moazzi
• Naser Khosrow
• Anvari
• Khaqani Shirvani
• Mas'oud Sa'd
• Jamal Raza
• Jamaluddin Abdurrazzagh Isfahani
• Kamaluddin Ishafahi
• Baba Taher
• Omar Khayyám
• Attar
• Mowlana Rumi
• Amir Khosrow
• Saadi
• Sanaayi
• Bidel Dehlavi
• Hafez
• Jami

Modern

• Iraj Mirza
• Shabestari
• Forough Farrokhzad
• Reza Mirfakhraei
• Daryoush Farkhakfar
• Shamlou
• Mahdi Akhavan Sales
• Nima Yooshij
• Iqbal
• Farrokhi Yazdi
• Mohammadreza Alidoosti (محمدرضا علیدوستی)
• Parvin E'tesami
• Simin Behbahani
• Sohrab Sepehri
• Ruhollah Khomeini
• Ali Shariati
• Daryush Shokof
• Mostafa Rahimi
• Yahya Alavi Fard
• Hadi Khorsandi (هادی خرسندی)