Cyrus Atabay

Cyrus Atabay (1929–1996) was a Persian-German poet. He mostly wrote in German and also translated works of Persian literature into German.[1] Atabay was decorated on numerous occasions for his literary efforts, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize in 1990 and the Hugo-Jacobi-Preis in 1957.[1]

Cyrus Atabay
Grave tomb of Cyrus Atabay in Munich
Born(1929-09-06)6 September 1929
Sa'dabad Complex, Tehran, Iran[1]
Died26 January 1996(1996-01-26) (aged 66)[2]
Munich, Germany
NationalityIranian
Parents
RelativesFatimeh Pahlavi (aunt), Mohammadreza Pahlavi (uncle), Reza Shah (grandfather)
FamilyPahlavi dynasty
Awards

Biography

Cyrus Atabay was born in Tehran as the son of Hadi Atabay and Hamdamsaltaneh Pahlavi, the first daughter of Reza Shah.[1] Before turning 8 years old, Cyrus was sent to Berlin by his father to attend school; he lived in Germany during World War II.[1] After the war, he lived in Iran and Switzerland.[1] In Switzerland, Cyrus's talent for poetry was noted by author Max Rychner, and in Germany by Gottfried Benn; both wrote positively about him.[1] His works were published for the first time in 1948 in Die Tat ("The deed"), a Swiss journal.[1] In 1951, Cyrus returned to Germany from Switzerland and studied literature at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1952–1960). As a student in Munich, his "first three poetry collections" were published, in 1956, 1958 and 1960 respectively.[1] In 1965, Cyrus published his first work of translation, consisting of a selection of ghazals originally written by the Medieval Persian poet Hafez.[1] In 1978, Cyrus moved to London where he met Elias Canetti and Erich Fried. He moved back to Germany in 1983 where he lived until his death.[1]

Awards

Publications
  • Düsseldorf: Classen Verlag، 1971. Die Worte der Ameisen/ Cyrus Atabay 100p
  • Hamburg: Classen Verlag, Gesange von Morgen: neue Iranische lyrik/ Cyrus Atabay 1968, 126p
  • Die schönsten Gedichte aus dem klassischen Persien\ Hafis, Rumi, Omar Chajjam; Übertragen von Cyrus Atabay; Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort Versehen von Kurt Scharf
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References
  1. Rezvani 2014.
  2. "اشعار شاعر ایرانی به فارسی ترجمه شد". IBNA (in Persian). 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

Sources
  • Rezvani, Saeid (2014). "ATABAY, CYRUS". Encyclopaedia Iranica.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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