Ehsan Tabari (Persian: احسان طبری; b. 1917 – d. 1989) was an Iranian philosopher, poet and a literary giant who played a major role in modernization in literature and cultural enlightenment in the twentieth century in Iran. He was also instrumental in fostering deep understanding of Marxist philosophy in Iran. A founding member and theoretician of the Tudeh Party of Iran, he was an active participant in advancement in the political process whose aim was social progress and elimination of economic disparity in twentieth-century Iran.