Amir Hakimi

Amir Hakimi is a poet and a researcher of the history of New Persian poetry and the history of modernity in Iran. Hakimi has played a prominent role in the recovery of less-seen currents in the history of modern Persian poetry. By editing and contributing to the historiography of the works of several experimental poets, he has endeavored to convey and make their aesthetic experiences available to a generation of readers.

Amir Hakimi is one of the writers who, despite being active in the fields of poetry, fiction, and literary and critical research for more than two decades, has refrained from publishing his writings through “officially licensed” means within Iran.