Simin Behbahani
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Simin
Behbahani(Khalili) was born
in 1927 in Tehran, Iran. Her father, Abbas Khalili, writer and newspaper editor, had tens
of publications to his credit. Her mother, Fakhr Azami Arghoon (Fakhr E-
Aal-E-Khalatbari) also was a writer, newspaper editor, and a poet. Simin began
singing poetry at the age of fourteen. She used the "Char Pareh" style of
Nima,
a renowned poet of Persian history, and subsequently, turn to "Ghazal", a free
flowing, poetry style similar to the Western "Sonnet". She contributed to a
historic development in the form of the "Ghazal", as she added theatrical
subjects, and daily events and conversations into this style of poetry.
The Ghazals of Simin Behbahani are a unique style, which defines her as a one and only, and well distinguished in her style of poetry.Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997, Simin Behbahani has expanded the range of traditional Persian verse forms and produced some of the most significant works of Persian literature in the twentieth century. |
| Poetical Works :
The Broken Lute [Seh-tar-e
Shekasteh,
1951]; |
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