{{Short description|Iranian poet}} {{Infobox person | name = Sohrab Rahimi | image = Sohrab rahimi.jpg | alt = Black-and-white photograph of Sohrab Rahimi | native_name = سهراب رحیمی | native_name_lang = fa | birth_date = {{Birth date|1962|12|20}} | birth_place = Shahr-e Kord, Iran | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|02|11|1962|12|20}} | known_for = Poetry | spouse = Azita Ghahreman }}
'''Sohrab Rahimi''' ({{langx|fa|سهراب رحیمی}}; December 20, 1962 – February 11, 2016),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiofarda.com/a/f9-iranian-poet-sohrab-rahimi-passed-away/27548646.html |title=سهراب رحیمی، شاعر و مترجم ادبی، درگذشت |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=رادیو فردا |date= 12 February 2016|publisher= |access-date= |quote=|language=Persian}}</ref> was an Iranian poet, born in Shahrekord, Iran. He has written five books in Persian and two books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smockadoll.se/files/bocker.html#|title=Smockadoll Förlag|work=smockadoll.se}}</ref> in Swedish. He has also translated Persian poetry.
Rahimi's poems have been translated into various languages.
Rahimi's body was found in a burnt car near Malmö on February 11, 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2016/02/160212_l45_sohrab_rahimi_body_found |title=بدن سهراب رحیمی، شاعر ایرانی در خودرویی سوخته در سوئد پیدا شد |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2016-02-12 |website= www.bbc.com |publisher= |access-date= 2023-04-09 |quote=|language=Persian |trans-title=The Body of Iranian Poet Sohrab Rahimi Has Been Found in a Burnt Car in Sweden}}</ref> at the age of 53. He was married to Azita Ghahreman.
== Books == *''The House of Dreams'' (Persian), 1995 *''The Spoiled Kernels of Time'' (Persian) 1996 *''White balsam'' (Persian and Swedish) 2000 *''A letter to you'' (Persian), 2006 *''The geometric drawing of melancholia'', (poetry in Persian), 2011 *''The librarian of the war'' (novel in Swedish), 2011 *'' The inevitable journey'' (poetry in Swedish), 2012 *'' Compulsive seasons'' (poetry in Persian), 2012
== Awards == * 2013 {{Ill|Nikolaj Gogols Prize|lt=Nikolaj Gogols Prize|uk|Міжнародна літературна премія імені Миколи Гоголя «Тріумф»}}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050207230414/http://sohrabrahimi.com/ Sohrab Rahimi]
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