Description: Khosro, among others.

Question: What Persian poets influenced you?

Transcript: Well the ones that I have been brought up with, but I think they are the best mainly are the classical poets – ____________, which is one of the most wonderful poets of all times, not just Persian; the great __________ poets ____________ . . . That is how we found my daughter’s name. Usually Persians, they ask ____________ advice for everything. And when someone is born, a lot of Persians are used to opening ____________ to see what is the future . . . what the future holds for the baby. And that is how we named our daughter. It’s a word from a poem by __________. __________ . . . _________ I love. ___________. And then there are modern poets. Iran at the beginning of 20th century had not just a political revolution, which led to the constitutional revolution and a constitutional monarchy, but also a very radical cultural revolution. And they introduced modern poetry and prose, so ___________. So there are many fortunately.

Recorded on: 2/22/08