Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran Iconic Woman and Feminine Pioneer of New Persian Poetry
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Biografisk notat
Dominic Parviz Brookshaw is a Lecturer in Persian Studies and Iranian Literature at the University of Manchester. He has also held positions at McGill University, Canada, and the University of Oxford. His other publications include 'Hafiz and his Contemporaries: A Study of Fourteenth-century Persian Love Poetry' (Tauris Academic Studies) and, with Seena B. Fazel, he edited 'The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-historical Studies'. Nasrin Rahimieh is Maseeh Chair and Director of the Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.'The epitome of what the Islamic Republic wanted to eradicate, Farrokhzad is now the Iranian equivalent of a rock star.' - Washington Post; 'Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran sets in every way a new milestone in the study and understanding of this extraordinary poet. This volume is now clearly the single most important critical study of Farrokhzad in English, and can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in Persian poetry, intellectual history of Iran, and Iranian women.' - Franklin Lewis, Associate Professor of Persian, University of Chicago; 'Nearly half a century after her death, neither a biography nor a critical study of her poems has appeared. In the light of this situation, everyone who has read Farrokhzad or read about her will welcome the proposed volume.' - Michael Craig Hillman, Professor of Persian, University of Texas, Austin