Morteza Keyvan (Persian:مرتضی کیوان; 1921,Isfahan – 19 October 1954,Tehran) was anIranian poet, art critic, newspaper editor and political activist of theTudeh Party of Iran.[1]
Keyvan marriedPuri Soltani in 1953. After thecoup d'état of 1953, Keyvan was arrested by thePahlavi regime for hiding three fellow Tudeh Party members of theTudeh Military Network in his house and later sentenced to death on account of "treason".
He was executed by firing squad the same year on 19 October in theQasr prison.[2]
Keyvan was a friend and associate of manyleft-wing poets and writers of his time such asAhmad Shamlou,Nima Youshij,Siavash Kasrai,Houshang Ebtehaj and many others.
Shamlou, Ebtehaj, Kasrai, Youshij andEhsan Tabari have written poems in the memory of his death.[3]
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