Horizons and Mysteries of the Dear Night

The book “Horizons and Secrets of the Beloved Night” is a collection of 30 interviews about the life and works of Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, compiled by Mehdi Mozaffari-Saveji. In this work, Saveji introduces Mehdi Akhavan-Sales through interviews with individuals such as Enayat Samiei, Reza Seyed-Hosseini, Mohammad Ghehraman, Masoud Kimiaei, Ebrahim Golestan, Zia Movahed, Iran Doroudi, Ehsan Yarshater, Reza Baraheni, Simin Behbahani, Taghi Pournamdarian, Safdar Taghizadeh, Bahaoddin Khoramshahi, Ataollah Mohajerani, Esmail Khoei, and others. This writer and researcher has been collecting these interviews with various figures since 2006, resulting in a comprehensive 1,012-page volume. Mehdi Akhavan-Sales (March 1, 1929 – August 26, 1990) was a renowned Iranian poet, scholar, and music researcher. His pen name in his poems was M. Omid. He was the recipient of the first edition of the Fajr International Poetry Festival in the National and Patriotic section. His poems have a social theme and often depict the events of people’s lives; they also possess a heroic tone combined with the strength and gravity of the Khorasan style of poetry, along with innovative and fresh compositions. Akhavan-Sales was skilled in classical Persian poetry and later turned to modern poetry. Several works in both styles remain from him. Additionally, he was familiar with playing the tar and musical tones.