R. Etemadi

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Rajab Ali Etemadi (born on 02 February 1934) known as R. Etamadi is a contemporary Iranian writer, novelist, and journalist. He is famous for writing popular and best-selling novels. Rajab Ali Etemadi was born in 1312 in Lar city in Fars province. His father chose his grandfather’s name for him, but his mother changed his name to Mahdi, but his birth certificate name remained Rajab Ali. In 1335, after completing his military service, he took part in the training test of the newspaper and entered the newspaper as the sixth. Etemadi was the founder and editor of the first magazine with a special audience for the young generation of Iran. Youth magazine from the publications of the Information Institute in the 1940s and 1950s, under the editorship of Etamadi (1345-1359), became one of the best-selling magazines in Iran, which had fans beyond the borders of Iran, even in other Persian-speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He wrote most of his books. with the nickname R. It has been published with confidence. He has most of his literary fame because of the subjects of his stories. Etamadi is one of the few contemporary Iranian novelists who have been read and known by many young generations of Iran, despite all the restrictions on the publication of his books. From the late 1950s to the late 1970s, Emetadi could not publish anything under his real name, but unauthorized copies of his works were among the best-selling products of peddlers around El-Enghelab Square. 28 trust books have been published so far, 18 of which were published as a weekly footnote in the weekly information and youth magazine. According to the author, all his novels are based on real characters. As an example, the story of Shahrzad, the character and the story of the book Shab Irani Etamadi, was inspired by a news that was published in Bild, Germany. The novel Aalijanab Eshgh O, which was first published in 1381 by Shadan Publishing House, was reprinted for the 15th time in 1391. The style of trust stories is love, social and mystical. Although critics consider his works to be among popular novels, Etamadi himself believes that the popularity of work among all strata of society alone is not a sufficient reason for such a classification, even though Diwan Hafez, despite its popularity, does not belong in such a group. R. After many years, in December of 2016, Etamadi had a long interview with Emdadi newspaper, which was conducted by Hamed Darab. This conversation had a wide impact and Hamdali newspaper published it on its front page under the title “I was the first to be banned”. For the first time, Etimadi expressed his opinions about religion, the structure of the information institute, cultural society, and counterculture. He also said that it was the first ban on writing after the revolution. This conversation was published on three pages. At one point in this interview, Etamadi talked about his meeting with Makarem Shirazi, who had read the novel “Twist Make Me Hot”, and Mr. Etamadi mentioned in the interview that he changed his form later. He also talked about his three months in New City; which led to the writing of the book “Story of the City of Sadness”. In this conversation, Etamadi emphasized that he had a peaceful coexistence with religion before the revolution and he never thought that one-day religion would stop the publication of his books. bibliography Excerpts up to 1359 Books that only appeared in print magazines: Khaneh Sabze Asal, Black Horse of the Night (Mahdi Mohammadi) The beautiful girl of my college (1340) Make me hot twist (1341) Gore Priya to sing Well I A resident of Gham neighborhood (seized in 1343) My yesterday, your yesterday Shahin, a reporter of events A falcon in the trap of spies Iranian night Sad shoes of love Parisian shock A moment on the bridge barbie eyes The last stop of the night love game Bold – beautiful but evil Blue bus love game Honey green house Witness in the sky Forty degrees below night Hard rainy days Excerpt after 1377 blue love Eight minutes to sleep lady’s flower Fairy King’s daughter TT flower Your Excellency Love One thousand and one nights of love Sad shoes of love (reprint) Generation of Lovers (1381) Seven skies of love The red color of love Sad sparrows love game

  • Birthday: 02.02.1934
  • Birthplace: Larestan, Fars, Iran
  • Interview date: 02.01.2022 – 09.01.2022

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