# Esmail Khoi

> Esmail Khoi or Esmail Khoyi was an Iranian poet and writer. He was living in the United Kingdom after being exiled from Iran during the 1980s. Khoi was originally a lecturer in Philosophy before the Iranian Revolution. He was a member of the Iranian Writers' Association. His poems have been translated in many languages, including English, French, Russian, German and Ukrainian. He wrote a poetry book in English called "Voice of Exile", "What is shall be what is not". He is the first Iranian writer to be awarded the Coburg Rückert Prizen for literature, which he received in 2010.

*Iranian philosopher, author, poet and translator*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1938
- **Died:** 2021-05-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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- [Esmail Khoi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esmail_Khoi)
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- [אסמאעיל ח'וי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%97'%D7%95%D7%99)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5398407)

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