Poetry
دیوان
Not translated into English
Zia Qarizada · 1950
Synopsis
The Persian poems of Ahmad-Zia Qarizada, poet, singer and composer from Kabul. Partaw Naderi counts him among the first Afghans to follow Nima, as early as the fifties; four of his poems, including Kabutar-e sefid, Ey zohra and Ey daryā, were included in 1962 in the anthology of new verse, and the last two are perhaps the first Afghan songs written on a poem of this kind. Later he also turned to the ghazal.
Context
According to the Aryana Encyclopedia, he also composes for other voices on the radio, Rahimbakhsh, Ahmad Zahir, Jalil Zaland, Nashenas or Ahmad Wali, and asks to be buried in Kabul beside his mother. Partaw Naderi mentions a selection of undated poems; the 1962 anthology, Ash'ār-e now, published in Kabul by the directorate of the independent press, includes four pieces by him.
Who it is for
Poems in Persian, with no translation. Readers familiar with Afghan radio song will find sung texts here.
Prizes and reception
No known prize. Partaw Naderi ranks him among the pioneers of the new verse in Afghanistan.
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