Age, Biography and Wiki
Wasef Bakhtari was born on 1942 in Balkh, Afghanistan, is an Afghan poet (1943–2023). Discover Wasef Bakhtari's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
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Professor, poet, writer, linguist, historian |
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81 years old |
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1942, 1942 |
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1942 |
| Birthplace |
Balkh, Afghanistan |
| Date of death |
19 July, 2023 |
| Died Place |
California, U.S. |
| Nationality |
Afghanistan
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Wasef Bakhtari Height, Weight & Measurements
At 81 years old, Wasef Bakhtari height not available right now. We will update Wasef Bakhtari's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Wasef Bakhtari Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wasef Bakhtari worth at the age of 81 years old? Wasef Bakhtari’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from Afghanistan. We have estimated Wasef Bakhtari's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Wasef Bakhtari (15 March 1943 – 19 July 2023) was an Afghan poet, literary figure and intellectual.
Bakhtari was born in Balkh on 15 March 1943.
He spent most of his childhood in Mazar-i-Sharif.
He attended Bakhtar School for his primary and for most of his secondary education.
After his family moved to Kabul, he finished Habibia High School in 1965.
He held a BA degree in Persian literature from Kabul University.
He did his graduate studies in the U.S., where he received a master's degree in education from Columbia University in 1976.
In 1978, he became the editor-in-chief of Zhwandoon magazine.
He had also served as a professor at Kabul University and influenced many other Persian writers and poet in Afghanistan.
Bakhtari was one of the founders and leaders of the leftist and Maoist party, Shalleh-ye Javiyd.
In 1978, when the Khalqi government took power in the Saur Revolution, he was thrown into prison for two years.
He left politics after he was freed in 1980.
Bakhtari was one of the most noted modern Persian poets and writers in Afghanistan.
He was regarded as a literary leader to most Persian writers, poets, and linguists in Afghanistan.
He was one of the first Persian poets to introduce she’r-e nimaa'i ("Nimaic poetry") and he is regarded in having his own style of Persian poetry.
He was under the influence of Rahi Moayeri, Amiri Firoozkouhi, and Ahmad Shamlou.
In 1996 Bakhtari, then a professor of literature at Kabul University, and his wife Noriajan were forced to flee Afghanistan because of the intolerance of the Taliban.
They sought refuge in Pakistan.
Soon after, Nooria died and he remarried to Soriya Bakhtari, but with a rise in Taliban influence there as well, returned to the United States with the help of World Relief and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, which resettled them in New Port Richey, Florida.
They moved to California after three months.
Wasef Bakhtari died in California, on 19 July 2023, at the age of 80.
For 15 years, Bakhtari worked for the Ministry of Education, writing and translating text books.
