20th-century Iranian male writers

Reza Pahlavi is an Iranian political activist and the former Crown Prince of the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran. He is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and his wife, Empress Farah. He lives in the United States as a dissident in exile.

Iranian film director

Iranian poet (1895–1960)

Iranian poet and painter (1928-1980)

lexicographer, linguist and satirist (1879-1959)

writer, thinker, and social and political critic (1923-1969)

Iranian writer and politician

Iranian-American author, commentator

Iranian poet (1928–1990)

Iranian writer

Iranian academic (1914–1971)

Iranian writer

Iranian filmmaker and literary figure (1922–2023)

Iranian scholar (1914-1990)

Iranian novelist (1916-1998)

Iranian poet (1927-1996)

Iranian writer (1931–2005)

Iranian writer

Iranian poet and musician

Persian and Islamic studies scholar (1911–1996)

Iranian poet and screenwriter (1940–2023)

Persian novelist

Iranian novelist (1931-2002)

Iranian poet (1926–1986)

Iranian ayatollah (1876-1970)

Iranian poet

Iranian poet (1929-2000)

Iranian writer (1870-1908)

Iranian writer (1941-1997)

Iranian writer (1915–2006)

Iranian writer

Iranian author and novelist

Iranian poet (1910–1972)

Iranian actor and poet (1956–2004)

Iranian poet (1919–1985)

Iranian journalist (1897-1972)

poet

Iranian akhoond and theologian

Iranian poet, author and lawyer (1940–1998)

Iranian poet, screenwriter and film director (1925–1994)

Iranian writer (1937–2009)

Iranian poet

Iranian author

folklorist, historian, translator

Iranian physician and essayist (1847–1924)

Franco-Iranian writer and film maker