Literary Periodicals
Adabiatema - Adabiatirani - Alefbe - Avangardha - Avangard - Avae Tabid - Azma - Bahar Iran - Bukhara Magazine (Iran) - Dargah - Doshanbe - Firooze - Gozargah - Hoozoor - Iran Nameh - Jen & Pari - Journal of Language & Persian Literature - Ketabhafteh - Khazzeh - Khanesh - Kharmagas - Ktab - Literary Criticism - Louh - Madomeh - Mahmag - Mani Poesie (Archive) - Morour - Noghteh - Neveshta - Parsagon - Pendar Magazine - Piadero - Rahavard (US) - Rendaan - Shahrvand (Canada) - Shereno

Literature
Persian Literature Pre-Islamic (Iranica) - Classical Persian Literature (Iranica) - Persian Literature - Persian Literature (Iran Review) - A brief history of Iran's modern literature (British Council) - A History of Persian Literature - The Influence of Persian Language and Literature on Arab Culture - Art Arena: Writer's Corner - Biography Index of Iranian Writers & Poets - Contemporary Iranian Fiction Writers - Dibache - Erotic Literature (Iranica) - Iranian Literature (Article) - Iranian literature (by Jerome Wright Clinton) - Iranian Art and Poetry in The works of European Poets - Iran Shahr Research Association - Iranian Writers' Association in Exile - IBNA - Kanoon Nevisandegan - Ketab Farsi - Ketab News - Audio Library (Download audio books) - Persian Literature - Persian Literature (Iran Online) - Persian Literature in Translation - Persian Digital Library - Persian Academy - Persian Fantasy Academy - Mullah Nasr al-Din - Mullah Nasr al-Din Sayings - The Mizan Project - The Translation Project - The Mistranslation Project - Treasures of Persian Literature - vAzhé (Association of Iranian Authors and Artists in Toronto)

Contemporary Writers
Bozorg Alavi - Jalal Al-e Ahmad - Jalal Al-e Ahmad (BBC Persian) - Reza Baraheni - Samad Behrangi - Behrangi: Short Biography - Behrangi: A Tale of Love-English Translation (Iranian) - Behrangi: The Little Black Fish - Majid Beenteha - Sadegh Chubak: A Brief Biography - Sadeq Chubak (Iranica) - Simin Daneshvar | Video - Karim Emami - Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (Iranica) - Hossein Dowlatabadi - Mahmoud Dowlatabadi - Interview with Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Video) - Nader Ebrahimi - Ghazaleh Ghazanfari (Diaspora) - Hooshang Golshiri - Hushang Golshiri (The Guardian) - Sadegh Hedayat (Official Site) - A Tribute to Sadeq Hedayat - Hedayat's Dash Akol - (BBC Persian) - Hedayat (BBC Persian Audio) - Hedayat's Boofkoor (BBC Persian) - Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh (Iranica) - Jamalzadeh and Sadeq Hedayat - Jamalzadeh: A Brief Biography - Jamalzadeh's A Day in Rostamabad of Shemiran - Ahmad Kasravi - Ahmad Mahmood (BBC Persian) - Bahiyyih Nakhjavani - Shahrnush Parsipur - Shahrnush Parsipour (Gallery) - Iraj Pezeshkzad - Iraj Pezeshkzad Gallery I | Gallery II | Gallery III | Gallery IV - Interview with Iraj Pezeshkzad (Iranian) - Mostafa Rahimi - Moniru Ravanipur - Gholamhossein Saedi - Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani - Mohammad Ali Sepanloo - Mohammad Ali Sepanloo (BBC Persian) - Mehri Yalfani - Dr.Ehsan Yarshater (Editor of Encyclopedia Iranica) - The Iranian Writers Index - Raha PEN (Archive)

Novelists

Poetry Collections
Afroukteh - Avaye Azad - Deshneh Goon - Dorj Online (Electronic Library of Persian Poems) - Farhang - Ganjoor - Golha - Poetry (The Iranian) - Khamush - Ketabeshear - Maniha - Nosokhan - Parham - Persian Poetry - Index of Persian Poetry - Persian Poetry (Verses from Rumi and Khayyam) - Poets.ir - Poetry Magazine - Protest Poetry (Collection of Poetry) - Shereno - Sherophone - Simin Sagh

Persian Classical Poetry
Shahnameh - The Shahnameh Project (Princeton) - The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdowsi - Shahnameh text in Persian - The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp - Persia's crowning glory (BBC) - The Epic of Kings (Translated by Helen Zimmern) - The illustrations and illuminations in the Leiden Shahnama - The Cambridge Shahnama Project - The Fitzwilliam Museum Shahnameh exhibit - Life of Ferdowsi (BL) - Farid al-Din 'Attar - Baba Taher Oryan Hamadani - Hafez (Iranica) - Songs of Hafiz - Hafiz On Love - Hafiz (BBC) - Fal e Hafez - Hafez Digital Library - Hafez (Download) - Khayyam - Khayyam (BBC Persian Video) - The Rubaiyat - The Rubáiyát Translations - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Translations by Edward FitzGerald) - Nasir Khusraw - Nezami - Nezami Ganjavi Poetry - Rudaki - A Tribute to Rumi - Rumi Network - Rumi Org. (UK) - Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi - Rumi Rules! - Time Magazine - Rumi (Life Magazine) - The Masnavi I Ma'navi - Sa'di - Gulistan Sa'di - Sa'di: The Gulistan (Persian)

Modern Persian Poetry
Ahmad Reza Ahmadi - Mehdi Akhavan - Mehdi Akhavan (BBC Persian Video) - Baba Taher - Simin Behbehani - Simin Behbehani (Gallery I) - Simin Behbehani (Gallery II) - Simin Behbahani (The Economist) - Adib Boroumand - Houshang Ebtehaj - Parvin Etesami - Forugh Farrokhzad (Official Site) - A Poem by Forugh Farrokhzad - Bertolucci's Interview with Forugh Farrokhzad (Video) - Ebrahim Golestan remembers Forugh (BBC Persian Video) - Forugh Farrokhzad Interview (Audio) - Only Voice Remains (Video) - Pooran Farrokhzad - Pooran Farrokhzad Interview - Khosro Golesorkhi - Taraneh Javanbakht - Sheema Kalbasi - Sheema Kalbasi Reading - Siavash Kasrai - Mansour Khaksar - Esmail Khoi - Esmail Khoi (Video) - Mahmud Kianush - Iraj Mirza - Sheida Mohamadi | Reading & Interview - Freydoon Moshiri (Official Site) - Freydoon Moshiri (Farhang) - Freydoon Moshiri (Audio) - Nader Naderpour - Nader Naderpour: Brief Biography - Nader Naderpour Translated Poems - Nosratollah Nooh - Partow Nooriala | "Ensanam man" (Audio) - Abbas Saffari - Shahriar - Mohammad Ali Sepanlou - Interview with Mohammad Ali Sepanlou (Video) - Sohrab Sepehri - A Tribute to Sohrab Sepehri (UCLA) - Shamlu.com - Shamlu.org - Shamlou Digital Library - Remembering Shamlou (BBC Persian Video) - Shamlu on Iranian Diaspora (Audio) - Badri Tarvij - Nima Yoosohij - Nima Yooshij (Art Arena) - Nima Yooshij (Audio) - Persian poetry in the 21st century: The poem in contemporary Iran (Qantara)More...

Women Poets
Iran's Women Poets (Art Arena) - List of Contemporary Women Poets

Proverbs
Proverbs & Maxims - Persian Proverbs I - Proverbs II - Proverbs III - 1001 Persian and English Proverbs by Simin Habibian (Book)

Bookstores & Publishers
Amir Kabir - Asia - Art Iran Book - Baran - Book Reviews - Cheshmeh - Enteshar - I.B. Tauris (UK) - iketab - Iran Audio Book - Iran Books - Iran Book House - Iran Farhang - Iran Shenasi - Iran National Library - Irani Book - Jahan Book - Karoon (Books,CDs, Video,etc.) - Ketab Corp. - Ketab Iran - KetaabOnline (Free eBookLibrary) - Ketabshahr - Mage Publishers - Parseh Book - Qognoos - Roozahang - Shahreketabonline - Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) - Vijeh Nashr - Yassavoli Publications

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