1. Javad Mojabi is an Iranian poet, writer, researcher, and literary and art critic.
11 Facts About Javad Mojabi
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Javad Mojabi has written hundreds of critical works and essays on art and culture in journals and magazines.
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Javad Mojabi began writing poetry in the 1960s, along with short story writing and research on modern painting in Iran.
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Mostly focusing on social themes, Javad Mojabi is a poet of philosophy and thought, which he sweetens with a blend of satire.
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Javad Mojabi employs the meter but omits it when it prevents him from expressing his thoughts.
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Javad Mojabi has a daughter, Poupak, on whom he bases some of his works.
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Javad Mojabi has previously criticised the censorship process in Iran.
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Javad Mojabi was born in Qazvin in 1939, in a neighbourhood that was commonly known by his family name, Mojabi.
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Javad Mojabi's brother Hossein, who was a painter died in 1963, aged just 19.
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Javad Mojabi's published writings include over fifty works, consisting of eight collections of poetry, four collections of short stories, nine novels, several plays and films, and a children's stories and satirical books and several biographical works on writers and poets on Iran's literary scene.
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Javad Mojabi is married to Nastin, and has two children Poupak and Hossein.