Qeysar aminpour biography of michael

AKA Kaiser Aminpour

Bio Brief

Qeysar [aka Kaiser] Aminpour was one of the most outstanding, and perhaps the most popular, Post-revolutionary poets of Iran whose religiously-motivated poetry and creative prose witnessed wide readership including young adults (some of his poems have appeared in national schoolbooks) as well as the followers of the emerging school of Islamic Thought and Arts (the Hozeh Honari), where he started his literary career.

Aminpour was born on 23 April 1959 in Gotvand, a small town in the south of Iran near Dezful city, where he gained his diploma. Having tried and quit different university majors from veterinary to social sciences, he finally decided to pursue Persian Literature at the University of Tehran and received a PhD degree under the supervision of M.R.

Shafi’i Kadkani. Meanwhile, he also worked as the editor-in-chief of Soroush Magazine for youngsters for years until 2003, when he resigned from the position, and was appointed in the fo