A1 Journal article (refereed)
Mohsen Emadi : A Poet of Exile (2019)

Saresma, T. (2019). Mohsen Emadi : A Poet of Exile. Trames : A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 23(2), 203-221. https://doi.org/10.3176/tr.2019.2.06

JYU authors or editors

Saresma, Tuija

Publication details

All authors or editors: Saresma, Tuija

Journal or series: Trames : A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences

ISSN: 1406-0922

eISSN: 1736-7514

Publication year: 2019

Volume: 23

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 203-221

Publisher: Estonian Academy Publishers

Publication country: Estonia

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3176/tr.2019.2.06

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/64596

Abstract

"I’m from exile”. This is how a poet, a cosmopolitan, and a citizen of the world of poetry Mohsen Emadi describes himself. He writes poems on loss and displacement, charting his experiences of mobility. This essay is based on Emadi’s poems and biographical interviews with the poet. Quotes from the interviews and fragments of his poems are combined with theoretical reflections on diaspora, nomadism, and exile by researchers such as Edward Said and Rogers Brubaker. Following Emadi, I take a critical look at the concept of diaspora and discuss mobility and exile both as a forced condition and as a choice. The experiences of both voluntary and coerced mobility are considered from the perspective of an individual within the context of global mobility. I suggest that via his writing, which draws from his personal experiences of mobility and non-belonging, Emadi himself becomes a poet of exile.

Keywords: diaspora; mobility; nomadism; exile; poets; biographical history

Free keywords: belonging; biographical interview; displacement; poetry

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