The commemoration ceremony of Parvin Etesami at Dovletmammet Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages

On this occasion the commemoration ceremony of Parvin Etesami was held in the presence of the deputy ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ashgabat and the head of the cultural consultation of our country at Dovletmammet Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages.

On the occasion of Parvin's birthday the 25th day of Esfand, the twelfth month on the Iranian calendar, which fell on March 16 this year, has been designated as 'Parvin Etesami Commemoration Day' to commemorate the most famous female poet of Iran.

On this occasion, the commemoration ceremony of Parvin Etesami was held in the presence of the deputy ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ashgabat and the head of the cultural consultation of our country at Dovletmammet Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages.

Rakhshandeh Etesami who is known as Parvin Etesami is the most famous female poet in Iran was born on March 17, 1907, in Tabriz. She was the daughter of Yousef Etesami Ashtiani (Etesam-al-Molk), a contemporary Iranian writer and translator and Akhtar al-Muluk Etesami. Parvin was the last child in the family and had three older brothers, Abul-Hassan, Abul-Fath and Abul-Nasr.

Yousef Etesami was elected as the representative of the people of Tabriz in the National Assembly. Therefore, Parvin had to move to Tehran with her family early in her life.

The first edition of her Diwan (book of poetry) consisted of 156 poems and appeared in 1935.

She died on 5 April 1941 at the age of 34 from Typhoid fever in Tehran and was buried near her father in Qom, near the Hazrat Fatimah al-Masoumeh shrine.

The second edition of her book, edited by her brother Fath Etesami, appeared shortly after her death in 1941. It consisted of 209 different compositions in Mathnawi, Qasida, Ghazal, and Qet'a (another form of Persian poetry) forms. It totaled 5606 distiches.