Ahmad Shamlou vs Pol Pot
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Compare the life timelines of Ahmad Shamlou (1925–2000) and Pol Pot (1925–1998) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1925 to 1998.
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Ahmad Shamlou (1925–2000)
- — Born in Tehran, Iran Verified
- — Imprisoned for political activity during the Allied occupation of Iran Verified
- — Published his first poetry collection, Forgotten Songs Verified
- — Imprisoned after the 1953 coup Verified
- — Published Fresh Air (Hava-ye tazeh) Verified
- — Married Aida Sarkisian Verified
- — Left Iran for the United States Verified
- — Returned to Iran after the revolution Verified
- — Received the Stig Dagerman Prize Verified
- — Died in Karaj, Iran Verified
Pol Pot (1925–1998)
- — Born in Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom Province Verified
- — Sent to Phnom Penh for schooling Verified
- — Studied in Paris on a government scholarship Verified
- — Returned to Cambodia and joined the communist movement Verified
- — Became secretary of the Cambodian communist party Verified
- — Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh Verified
- — Became Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea Verified
- — Removed from power by the Vietnamese invasion Verified
- — Placed under house arrest by a Khmer Rouge faction Verified
- — Died at Anlong Veng Verified