Esmail Nooriala
Dr. Esmail Nooriala, born in 1943 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian writer, poet, movie director, and intellectual.
Career
His first collection of poems was published in 1962 and he has published eight more collections since then. His book Sovar va Asbaab, published in 1968, deals with the critical and historical analysis of modern Persian poetry. He has directed two feature films and 20 documentaries and has taught Persian literature and culture at the Tehran University. In 1973 he left Iran to continue his studies at the University of London. Having finished his studies, he returned to Iran after the revolution of 1979, but was forced to leave the country in 1980. He resided in London for 14 years and immigrated to the USA in 1994. Nooriala was one of the first nine writers who set up the Association of Iranian Writers in 1967. He is considered to be one of the initiators of the Persian new wave poetry. During his years in exile, he has published "Theory of Poetry", and has written on Persian literature and culture. In 1990 he married Shokooh Mirzadegi, herself an Iranian writer.