Sohrab Sepehri - Sohrab Sepehri's Life Timeline

Sohrab Sepehri's Life Timeline

• Born in 1928 – Kashan – Iran
• He hosted a painting exhibition - Tehran 1944
• He published his first poetry book that followed by a few other books in the same year - 1951
• He graduated from the fine arts university with B.A. degree in painting - Tehran – 1953
• He translated some Japanese poetry into Persian and published them in a literary magazine called Sokhan – 1955
• He traveled to Paris and attended the Paris Fine Arts School in lithography – 1957
• He traveled to Tokyo to further his studies in lithography and wood carving – 1960
• On the way back to Iran from Japan, he visited India and became familiar with the ideology of Buddhism – 1961
• He published three books in poetry – 1960
• He traveled to India again and visited several cities and provinces – 1964
• He traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan 1964
• He traveled to Europe and visited several countries such as Germany,England,France,Spain,the Netherlands,Italy and Austria – 1966
• He published some long poems after he returned to Iran – 1966
• He hosted a painting exhibition in Tehran 1967
• He published another book in poetry 1967
• He traveled to Greece and Egypt – 1974
• He published his final book called ‘Hasht Ketab' (Eight Books), which was the collection of almost all of his published poems in one volume – 1976
• He got blood cancer and traveled to England for treatment – 1978
• Unfortunately, his attempt to defeat cancer brought him no result. He returned to Iran and died in Pars Hospital in Tehran on Monday April 21, 1980.