Jamshid_Barzegar
Jamshid Barzegar
Persian poet
Jamshid Barzegar (Persian: جمشید برزگر ), born 20 August 1971 in Hamedan, Iran, is an Iranian poet and writer. He began his job as journalist in 1991, and issued his first book in 1994 and was the editor of the newspaper Hambastegi "Solidarity". It was the last news activity he did in Iran. He published four books on poetry, and published dozens of novels in the field of literary criticism and hundreds of articles in the field of literature and political analysis. He also authored seven documentaries that touched on the life and works of contemporary poets and writers in Iran. He is also the brother of the famous Iranian director and producer, Majid Barzegar. Since January 2018, Barzegar had been head of the Deutsche Welle Persian Service.[1]