20th Century and Beyond
- Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik-Persian poet
- Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
- Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)
- Ahmad Kasravi (احمد کسروی)
- Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist (علی اکبر دهخدا)
- Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer (علی محمد افغانی)
- Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian (علی شریعتی)
- Aref Qazvini, (عارف قزوینی)
- Aziz Motazedi, novelist (عزیز معتضدی)
- Bahman Sholevar, writer and poet (بهمن شعله ور)
- Bozorg Alavi, (بزرگ علوی) writer
- Dariush Shayegan (داریوش شایگان)
- Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist (ابراهیم نبوی)
- Ehsan Naraghi, Scholar, sociologist and writer
- Ezzat Goushegir
- Farzona, poet (Фарзона/فرزانه)
- Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)
- Farzaneh Aghaeipour (فرزانه آقایی‌پور)
- Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی)
- Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)
- Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
- Ghazaleh Alizadeh, novelist (غزاله علیزاده)
- Gholam Hossein Saedi, writer
- Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist (غلامحسین مصاحب)
- Gulnazar Keldi, Tajik poet
- Hamid Dabashi, scholar and cultural critic
- Hamid Mosadegh(حمید مصدق)
- Hassan Roshdieh (حسن رشدیه)
- Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما)
- Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
- Houshang Moradi Kermani (هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی)
- Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
- Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)
- Iraj Pezeshkzad, novelist (ایرج پزشکزاد)
- Iraj Rahmani, novelist (ايرج رحمانی)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)
- Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)
- Khalilullah Khalili (خلیل الله خلیلی) Poet and writer
- Khosrow Naghed (خسرو ناقد), writer, translator
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی)
- Loiq Sher-Ali (لائق شیرعلی), poet from Tajikistan
- Leila Farjami, poet
- Mahbod Seraji, Writer (مهبد سراجی)
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (محمود دولت آبادی)
- Mahmoud Melmasi - Azarm, poet (محمود ملماسي، آزرم)
- Majid M. Naini, writer, translator, speaker
- Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
- Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
- Massoud Behnoud (مسعود بهنود), journalist
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
- Mina Assadi, poet, author, journalist and songwriter (مینا اسدی)
- Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
- Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer (محمد علی جمالزاده)
- Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
- Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh (محمد جعفر پوینده)
- Mohammad Mokhtari(محمد مختاری)
- Mohammad Reza Ali Payam (Haloo), poet (محمدرضا عالی‌پیام)
- Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی)
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi, scholar and writer (محمدامین ریاحی)
- Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)
- Monica Malek-Yonan, playwright
- Morteza Motahhari, theologian (مرتضی مطهری)
- Mirzo Tursunzoda, Tajik poet
- Muhammad Iqbal, poet (محمد اقبال)
- Nader Naderpour, poet (نادر نادرپور)
- Nima Yushij, poet (نیما یوشیج)
- Nosrat Rahmani, poet نصرت رحمانی
- Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)
- Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)
- Reza Baraheni, poet and critic (رضا براهنی)
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضا قلی‌خان هدایت)
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, novelist and playwright
- Roya Hakakian, poet, writer, journalist (رویا حکاکیان)
- Saboktakin Saloor, novelist
- Sadegh Choubak, writer (صادق چوبک)
- Sadegh Hedayat (صادق هدایت)
- Sadriddin Ayni (صدرالدين عيني), Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers of the country's history.
- Saeed Nafisi, scholar, poet and writer
- Samad Behrangi, writer (صمد بهرنگی)
- Samira Nozari, poet (سمیرا نوزری)
- Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist (شهرنوش پارسی‌پور)
- Shams Langeroodi, poet (شمس لنگرودی)
- Sheema Kalbasi, poet and translator (شیما کلباسی)
- Shima Nesari Haghighi Fard, poet and writter (شیما نثاری حقیقی فرد)
- Siavash Kasraie poet (سیاوش کسرایی)
- Simin Behbahani, poet (سیمین بهبهانی)
- Simin Daneshvar, writer (سیمین دانشور)
- Sipandi Samarkandi, Tajik bilingual poet
- Sohrab Sepehri, poet and painter (سهراب سپهری)
- Syed Waheed Ashraf, Poet, Sufi, Scholar, Critic
- Temur Zulfiqorov, Tajik poet (Темур Зулфиқоров)
- Varand, poet (واراند)
- Yadollah Royaee, poet (یدالله رویایی)
- Yahya Alavi Fard, poet (یحیی علوی فرد)
- Yasmina Reza, poet (یاسمینا رضا)
- Zoya Pirzad novelist (زویا پیرزاد)
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