← Nima YushijThe Phoenixby Nima YushijFind on Amazon↗About the authorNima YushijFather of modern Persian poetry who broke the strict rules of classical prosody and created free verse in Persian. His foundational poem 'Afsaneh' announced a new era in Iranian literary history.More by Nima YushijAfsaneh→The Pale Phoenix→Collected Poems of Nima YushijCollected poetry of a pioneering modern Persian poet→