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Sohrab Sepehri: A Selection of Poems from the Eight Books Ursula K. Leguin mining accidentsThe Iranian poet and painter Sohrab Sepehri (1928 1980) is revered today for many of the things he was criticized for during his lifetime. Born and raised in the ancient city of Kashan, he was educated in Tehran and travelled widely. A gentle introvert by nature, he was accused of escapism when his reaction to the world around him was to go back to nature, mysticism and mythology, poetry and painting. This mystic of the twentieth century seeks a light