Ghadam Ali Sarami

Education

Books

Poems, Stories and Articles

In addition to the above, he has published hundreds of poems, stories, and articles in the newspapers, literary journals and anthologies. The following is a selected list.

Articles on Literary Criticism

1. Criticism on the poetry of Parvin E’tesami, Mirzadeh Eshgi, and Aref Qazvini, published in Ettela’at newspaper in 1976-1977.
2. “The Bird in Whose Nest I Found the Key to the Garden”, a criticism on the Persian poems of Ighbal Lahuri, published in Pishgam Magazine, 1976.
3. A criticism on The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, published in Pishgam Magazine, 1976.
4. A criticism on Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Story by Richard Bach. Published in Pishgam Magazine.
5. A criticism on Nima Yushig's poetry, published in the Ettela’at Newspaper, 1975.
6. A criticism on From Saba to Nima by Yahya Arianpour, published in Ettela’at newspaper. In the preface to the next edition of his book, the author declared that this was the best criticism the literary world had ever seen.
7. A criticism on Reza Davari’s critique of The Rey Philosopher by Mahdi Mohaghegh. Published in Ferdowsi Journal of Arts and Literature in 1965.
8. “Resurrection of Sonnet”, a criticism on the poems of Simin Behbahani. Published twice in two separate issues of Ferdowsi Journal of Arts and Literature.

Articles on Literature and Culture

1. “Poverty Store”, an introduction to Masnavi-e Mowlavi by Mowlana Jalaleddin Balkhi (Rumi), Behzad Publications, (1991).
2. “From Watching to Versifying”, a new look at the complete works of Sa’di, published in Tahghighat-e Eslami Journal.
3. “From Never to Ever”, a review of the Tazkarat-al-Owlia by Attar-e Neyshaburi, published in Tahghighat-e Eslami Journal.
4. “A Glance at the Iranian Games in the Past”, Puyeh Magazine, a special edition published by The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.
5. “Participation of Children in the Ancient Literature of Iran”, Quarterly of The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.
6. “A Skim Through the Lullabies of Iran and The World”, Puyesh Magazine, No. 1.
7. “Visiting Abu Reyhan-e Biruni”, Tehran Mosavar Magazine, 1977.
8. “A World Sitting in a Corner”, published in Karname-ye Zarrin, edited by A. Dehbashi. A collection of articles written by Iranian scholars and dedicated to the subject of life and works of the famous literary scholar, Dr. Abdol Hossein Zarrinkub.

Audio Recordings

In commemoration of the millennium anniversary of the composing of Shahnameh, he wrote the script of an audio tape titled “Sug-e Sohrab” (Mourning Sohrab). The composer of the music was Mr. Hossein Yussef-Zamani. The tape was distributed at the time of the commemoration.

Filmstrips

During his years of employment at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, he authored a total of sixteen filmstrips. These were made into films and the films were distributed to all branch libraries of the Institute nationwide. The following is a selected list:

1. “Musician Cypress”, based on the story of Barbad in Shahnameh.
2. “Suspending in the Air”, based on the story of Akvan-e Div in Shahnameh.
3. “Rustam and Esfandiar”, based on the story of Rustam and Esfandiar in Shahnemeh.
4. “Rainbow of Images”, an extract from lines of Shahnameh.
5. “The Star in the Sky of Literature”, based on Parvin E’tesami’s poetry. This filmstrip has been published as a book.
6. “The Tree of Wishes”, a fictional story in verse and prose.
7. “How Many Apricots Are There in the World?” A fictional story in prose.
8. “The Queen of Flowers”, (prose), based on a folkloric tale.
9. “Red-Scarved Child” (verse), based on a folkloric tale.
10. “Ivory Chamber” (prose), based on a folkloric tale.
11. “The Hundredth Gold” (prose), based on a folkloric tale.

Plays and Works for the Stage

Radio Lectures

Ten lectures on cultural and literary subject matters delivered in Pahneye Kherad program of Khorasan Radio.

Television Programs

In 1976, I wrote the filmstrips of two television series: