Commemoration of Sohrab Sepehri, poet of water and mirror.
1980 CE
Fun Facts
Sepehri died of leukemia at 52. He requested his tombstone read: 'We have traveled to the red flower's conjunction.' His grave in Takht-e Garden, Kashan, is visited by thousands annually.
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