Rahman Karimi
Rahman Karimi (Persian: رحمان کریمی; born on May 30 1937 in Shiraz as Abdolrahman Karimi; died on March 8th 2022 in Cologne), was a Persian poet, essayist and editor. In addition, he wrote short stories, art criticism and political texts.
Life[edit]
He was born on May 30, 1937 in Shiraz as the eldest son of Jalil Karimi and Maryam-Jan Karimi-Nezhadeh Shanbedi. His parents were from Bushehr. He spent his childhood in Bushehr and his youth in Shiraz with his six siblings also include the two in Germany living artists Jamshid Karimi[1] and Shahram Karimi[2].
Since early youth and especially later during his studies, he was politically very active and committed strongly to human rights as well as freedom and independence of Iran. He was a strong supporter of Mossadegh who would always remain the constant of his political stance. During the reign of Pahlavi he was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for his liberal and critical poetry.
In 1964, he married Fereshteh Karimi Booshehri. Their children are the poet Khatereh Karimi, the black and white photographer Roozbeh Karimi and Azadeh Karimi.
Due to his political poetry and work, he fled with his family via Turkey to Germany in autumn 1984, where he was recognized as a political refugee and lived until his death in 2022.
Professional and literary career[edit]
After leaving school, he began a military officer career, which he discontinued due to his political beliefs. Instead, he studied Persian literature and became a high school teacher for Persian literature and Farsi. He has been writing poems and short stories since elementary school. He published his first volume of poetry "Be Mowazate Tawaghof[3]" in Shiraz in 1969. Furthermore, he was also active as editor of the literary bulletin "Seda[4]", of which several editions appeared. In "Seda[4]" he published literary writings of contemporary writers and poets. Since many of the texts were critical to the Pahlavi regime at the time, they were banned by the censors shortly after publication.
After fleeing to Germany, he published dozens of poems and texts in exile newspapers and magazines. Although he has always been politically active and has worked with various left and liberal groups, he has always remained politically independent. He always considered himself as a follower of Mossadegh, to whom he also dedicated a poem[5][3][6]. This literary independence meant that, due to a lack of support and financial resources from parties and organizations, he alone was able to publish a single further volume of poetry (Barshawosh[7]) in 1992. The collection appeared in a small private print and was distributed among friends and companions. There was no sale.
A cancer diagnosis in early 2020 was the trigger to transfer the publication rights of his literary oeuvre to his son Roozbeh Karimi. In 2021, before Rahman Karimi's death, the first volume of his poetry, “Be Mowazate Tawaghof[3]”, was republished through the German publisher Shaker Media. The second volume of his poetry, "Barshawosh[7]", was published in 2022, shortly after Karimi's death. Since 2020 his poems are also published on YouTube[8] by his son Roozbeh Karimi. The audio recordings were recorded by Karimi's grandson Payam between 2020 and 2022.
Outside of Iran, his works can be found in dozens of public and university libraries around the world[9].
External links[edit]
- 22nd volume of the literary magazine/bulletin Chameh (Persian: چامه), 03.03.2022
- Book: 110 years (Persian: صد و ده سال شعاعیه تا شاهپور و ابوذر), Listing all poets, writers and other artists of Shiraz from 1908 to 2018. Rahman Karimi is on page 244. The book offers a description of the person, curriculum vitae and life's work on one page for each of them.[10][11]
- Book: About the southern literature: Research on the contemporary poetry of the South (Persian: از کتیبۀ جنوب: پژوهشی در شعر معاصر خوزستان) Rahman Karimi is mentioned also in the summary of the book., Abadan, Iran, 2013
- Radio Ir Ava: Interview with Rahman Karimi about Mossadegh, 17.03.2013
- Open letter (also in English): to Non-Iranian poets regarding to „International Fajr Poetry Festival“ in Teheran, signed also by Rahman Karimi, 13.04.2013
- Open letter: to Secretary-General of the United Nanations Mr Ban Ki-moon, from Iranian artists; also sighned by Rahman Karimi (Persian: نامه شماری از روشنفکران و هنرمندان ایرانی خطاب به آقای بانکی مون), 16.02.2012
- Literature magazine/bulletin: Green Seasons (Persian: فصل‌های سبز), published in three editions, Rahman Karimi's poetry was published in edition 2 on page 108 in 1969 and in edition 3 on page 66 in 1971, Iran, 1969 and 1971
References[edit]
- ↑ Karimi, Jamshed (2023-01-31). "Homepage". Homepage of Jamshid Karimi.
- ↑ "Shahram Karimi - Blue Rhino Art Consultancy Shahram Karimi -". Blue Rhino Art Consultancy. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Rahman Karimi - Be mowazate tawaghof". www.shaker.de. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "صدا : وىژه نامه هنر و ادبىات | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ رحمان کریمی - اشعار - شماره ۲۰ - Rahman Karimi – poetry, retrieved 2023-02-06
- ↑ محمد مصدق؛ یک نام یا یک راه؟, retrieved 2023-02-08
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Rahman Karimi - Barshawosh". www.shaker.de. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "Atelier-KaRo - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "KIT-Bibliothek: Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog KVK : Ergebnisanzeige". kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "آپارات - سرویس اشتراک ویدیو". آپارات - سرویس اشتراک ویدیو (in فارسی). Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "صد و ده سال از مدرسه شعاعیه تا دبیرستان شاهپور و ابوذر شیراز 1397 - 1278 خورشیدی". www.adinehbook.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
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