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Simin Behbahani
Simin Behbahani (Persian: سیمین بهبهانی; b. July 20, 1927, Tehran, Iran) is one of the most prominent figures of the modern Persian literature and one of the most outstanding amongst the contemporary Persian poets. Currently, she is Iran's national poet and an icon of the Iranian intelligentsia and literati.
Behbahani started writing poetry at twelve and published her first poem at the age of fourteen. She used the "Char Pareh" style of Nima Yooshij and subsequently turned to ghazal.
Behbahani contributed to a historic development by adding theatrical subjects and daily events and conversations to poetry using the ghazal style of poetry. She has expanded the range of the traditional Persian verse forms and has produced some of the most significant works of the Persian literature in 20th century.
She is president of The Iranian Writers' Association and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997.
Awards and honors
* Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammet Grant (199
* Carl von Ossietzky Medal (1999)
Poetical Works
* The Broken Lute [Seh-tar-e Shekasteh, 1951]
* Footprint [Ja-ye Pa, 1954]
* Chandelier [Chelcheragh, 1955]
* Marble [Marmar, 1961]
* Resurrection [Rastakhiz, 1971]
* A Line of Speed and Fire [Khatti ze Sor'at va Atash, 1980]
* Arzhan Plain [Dasht-e Arzhan, 1983]
* Paper Dress [Kaghazin Jameh, 1992]
* A Window of freedom [Yek Daricheh Azadi, 1995]
* Collected Poems [Tehran 2003]
Behbahani started writing poetry at twelve and published her first poem at the age of fourteen. She used the "Char Pareh" style of Nima Yooshij and subsequently turned to ghazal.
Behbahani contributed to a historic development by adding theatrical subjects and daily events and conversations to poetry using the ghazal style of poetry. She has expanded the range of the traditional Persian verse forms and has produced some of the most significant works of the Persian literature in 20th century.
She is president of The Iranian Writers' Association and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997.
Awards and honors
* Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammet Grant (199
* Carl von Ossietzky Medal (1999)
Poetical Works
* The Broken Lute [Seh-tar-e Shekasteh, 1951]
* Footprint [Ja-ye Pa, 1954]
* Chandelier [Chelcheragh, 1955]
* Marble [Marmar, 1961]
* Resurrection [Rastakhiz, 1971]
* A Line of Speed and Fire [Khatti ze Sor'at va Atash, 1980]
* Arzhan Plain [Dasht-e Arzhan, 1983]
* Paper Dress [Kaghazin Jameh, 1992]
* A Window of freedom [Yek Daricheh Azadi, 1995]
* Collected Poems [Tehran 2003]
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