The First Wife of poet

They married in the mid-1940s, during Shamlu’s early years of adulthood and just before his literary career began to gain recognition. Their union was relatively short-lived, and they eventually divorced. Not much has been publicly recorded about the details of their relationship, as Shamlu was a private man and rarely spoke of his personal life in interviews.

Ahmad Shamlu, the renowned contemporary poet, married Ashraf al-Muluk Islamiya in 1947, when he was in his early twenties. She was his first wife and the mother of his three children: Siavash, Siamak, and Saghi. Their marriage coincided with the early stages of Shamlu’s literary and political life, a period marked by personal struggles, imprisonment, and financial hardship.

September 30, 2025 | 11:21 pm