Writings
Saberi composed his first poem of the Ghazal form when he was 14 and he named it "Orphan" (Persian: یتیم). His first published writing was another poem called "Orphan" which was published in Omid Iran magazine. His writings before the Iranian Revolution were mainly published in Towfigh magazine.
His pen names in Towfigh magazine included Mirza-Gol (Persian: ميرزاگل), Abdolfanoos (Persian: عبدالفانوس),Rish-Sefid (Persian: ريش سفيد; meaning "a white-bearded and knowledgeable person"), Lode (Persian: لوده; meaning "clown"), Gardan-Shekasteye-Fumani (Persian: گردن شكستة فومني; meaning "a person from Fuman with broken neck").
Following the Revolution, Saberi worked in different political positions before deciding to leave politics. He was in charge of Roshde-Adabe-Farsi (Persian: رشد ادب فارسي) magazine and sometimes he wrote for Ettelaat (Persian: اطلاعات) newspaper. He started a column called Do-Kalame-Harfe-Hesab (Persian: دو كلمه حرف حساب) in Ettelaat newspaper in 1984 that was a starting point for political satires after the revolution. He continued writing for this column for six years until he started his own magazine called Gol-Agha(Persian: گل آقا) in 1990. His courageous and powerful writings were appreciated by many famous authors such as Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh. Saberi received first prize in press exhibition of 1992 and 1994 and second prize in 1993. He stopped writing for Ettelaat in 1993.
The main characters in his writings are Gol-Agha (Persian: گل آقا), Shagholam (Persian: شاغلام), Mamasadegh (Persian: ممصادق), Kamine (Persian: كمينه عيال ممصادق; The wife of Mamasadegh), Mash-Rajab (Persian: مشرجب) and Ghazanfar (Persian: غضنفر).
Saberi stopped publishing Gol-Agha in 2003 due to low circulation numbers caused by popular disinterest in his magazine as a result of a shift in the magazine's original pro democratic bias to a later obvious pro governmental bias.
Kioumars Saberi Foumani was one of the most influential Iranian satirists of his time. His publications include:
1- The command from Ali to Malik ibn Ashter (1978)
(Persian: برداشتي از فرمان حضرت علي (ع) به مالك اشتر)
2- Analyzing the story of Zahhak and Kaveh the Blacksmith.
(Persian: تحليل داستان ضحاك و كاوه آهنگر)
3- The correspondence between Shahid Rajai and Banisadr.
(Persian: مكاتبات شهيد رجايي و بنيصدر)
4- The first interpellation in the Islamic republic of Iran.
(Persian: اولين استيضاح در جمهوري اسلامي ايران)
5- Visiting the Soviet Union.
(Persian: ديدار از شوروي)
6- Collection of Do-Kalame-Harfe-Hesab. (Volume 1, 2, 3, 4)
(Persian: گزيدة دو كلمه حرف حساب جلد اول دوم سوم چهارم)
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