Shamlou gave the name “Cari-kalamator”, or word-caricature, to Shapour’s writings. These short humorous sentences proved to be wildly popular with the Iranian public, and helped to make Shapour into one of homeland’s cultural and literary leaders. Shapour’s writings have been described as “cartoons expressed as words.”
His first book of writings and drawings was published in 1964, titled Cari-kalamator. Shapour’s designs and drawings were showcased in exhibitions at the Art Gallery in Persepolis in 1968 and 1970.
