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Hafez

Also known as of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad, Anacreon of Persia

Hafez Shirazi (1325–1390) was a Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature. His works are often found in the homes of Persian speakers, who learn his poems by heart and use them as everyday proverbs and sayings. His life and poems have become the subjects of much analysis, commentary, and interpretation, influencing post-14th century Persian writing more than any other Persian author.

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Hafez was a male poet, lyricist, and writer born in Shiraz in 1326 and died there in 1389. He was a Persian of the Persians ethnic group who practiced Islam, specifically Sunni Islam and Sufism. His writing language was Persian, and he spoke Persian, Tajik, and Arabic. He is associated with the Muzaffarids of Iran and the Timurid Empire. His pseudonym was Hafez, and his name in his native language was خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی.

His genre and movement were lyric poetry. He was influenced by Ibn Arabi, Sanai, Anvari, and Nizami Ganjavi. His works have been described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He is listed on the Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have and Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4. His quotes include reflections on beauty, wine, and fate.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1325
Active to: 1390

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Listeners: 170
Total plays: 10,741

Key facts

Writer.name: Hafez Shirazi
Writer.image: The_Soviet_Union_1971_CPA_3997_stamp_(Hafez).png
Writer.caption: Illustration of Hafez from the Soviet Union, 1971
Writer.birth_place: Shiraz, Muzaffarid Iran
Writer.death_place: Shiraz, Timurid Iran
Writer.resting_place: Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz, Iran
Writer.occupation: Poet
Writer.notableworks: The Divān of Hafez
Writer.genres: Mystic poetry (Ghazal, Irfan) Spiritual poet, mystic
Writer.nationality: Iranian
Writer.native_name: حافظ شیرازی
Writer.native_name_lang: fa

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Timurid Empire
Place of birth: Shiraz
Place of death: Shiraz
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Tajik
Native language: Persian
Religion: Islam
Notable work: The Divān of Hafez
Genre: lyric poetry
Movement: lyric poetry
Image: Mohammad Shams al-Din Hafez.jpg
Work location: Persis

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topic's main category: Category:Hafez
Commons category: Hafez
date of birth: 1325-00-00
date of death: 1389-00-00
Commons Creator page: Hafez
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
ethnic group: Persians
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
influenced by: Mansur Al-Hallaj
name in native language: خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی
pseudonym: حافظ
writing language: Persian
place of burial: Tomb of Hafez
different from: Al-Hafiz
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

Life
Legends
Influence
Intellectual and artistic legacy
In contemporary Iranian culture
In Iranian music
In Afghan music
Interpretation
Satire, religion, and politics
Modern English editions
Divan-e-Hafez
Death and the tomb
Poems by Hafez
See also
References
Sources
Notes
External links

Hafez is best known for his Divān, a collection of his surviving poems probably compiled after his death. His works can be described as "antinomian" and with the medieval use of the term "theosophical"; the term "theosophy" in the 13th and 14th centuries was used to indicate mystical work by "authors only inspired by the Islamic holy books" (as distinguished from theology). Hafez primarily wrote in the literary genre of lyric poetry or ghazals, which is the ideal style for expressing the ecstasy of divine inspiration in the mystical form of love poems. He was a Sufi.

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