Cyrus Atabay

Cyrus Atabay

Grave tomb of Cyrus Atabay in Munich
Born (1929-09-06)September 6, 1929
Tehran, Iran
Died January 26, 1996(1996-01-26) (aged 66)[1]
Munich, Germany
Nationality Iranian
Parents
Relatives Fatimeh Pahlavi (aunt), Mohammadreza Pahlavi (uncle), Reza Shah (grandfather)
Family Pahlavi dynasty
Awards

Cyrus Atabay (1929–1996) was a Persian-German poet. He mostly wrote in German and also translated works of Persian literature into German.

Personal life

He was the son of Hadi Atabay and Hamdamsaltaneh Pahlavi, the first daughter of Reza Shah. Atabay was of the Pahlavi dynasty. During World War II he studied German literature in Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[2] He passed his last years of life in Germany from 1983 to 1996.[3]

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