Heydar Abbasi: key obituary facts
Is Heydar Abbasi dead? Yes. Heydar Abbasi died on April 29, 2026, at age 83.
Cause of death: Heydar Abbasi's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Heydar Abbasi known for?
Heydar Abbasi was an Iranian poet.
More about Heydar Abbasi
Born: (1943-04-22)22 April 1943Maragheh, Iran.
Occupation: Poet, translator, writer.
Heydar Abbasi, an Iranian poet, translator, writer and literary critic of Azerbaijani literature, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 83.
Also known by his pen name Barişmaz, he was born in Maragheh, East Azerbaijan, on April 22, 1943. Abbasi graduated from the University of Tabriz and later completed postgraduate studies in Tehran.
Among his best-known works were Azerbaijani-language translations of Nahj al-Balagha and Masnavi, rendered in both Arabic and Latin script.