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Forugh Farrokhzad
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Iranian poet (1935-1967)
Forugh Farrokhzad was an Iranian poet who lived from 1935 to 1967 and became known for writing frank, personal poetry that challenged social conventions in her country. Her work is considered important in modern Persian literature for its emotional honesty and exploration of themes like love, sexuality, and women's independence, which were controversial in her time.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5. Januar 1935
- Died
- 13. Februar 1967
- Works
- 19
Top works
- از گمشدگى تا رهاىى
- جز طنين يک ترانه نيستم
- Nigāhī bih Furūgh
- صاحب شناسنامه ٦٧٨
- عصیان
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Film & TV
Directing · Iran
Forugh Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد; December 29, 1934 – February 13, 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclast, writing from a female point of view.
Known for
- Only Voice Remains — Self2019
- Moon Sun Flower Game: A True Fairytale — Self2008
- Summit of the Wave2003
- The Mirror of the Soul — Herself2002
- The Green Cold1999
- "Forough Farrokhzad" Funeral Ceremony1967
- The Brick and the Mirror — Woman in taxi (uncredited)1966
- The House Is Black — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1963
- Courtship — Sister of the Groom1961
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- Iran
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 1967
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 619
- Total plays
- 12,315
Tags
Forugh Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد) (January 5, 1935 — February 14, 1967) was an Iranian poet and film director. Forugh Farrokhzad is arguably Iran's most significant female poet of the twentieth century. She was a brilliant modernist poet and an iconoclast. Forugh (also spelled as Forough) was born in Tehran to career military officer Colonel Mohammad Bagher Farrokhzad and his wife Touran Vaziri-Tabar in 1935. She was the third of seven children (Amir <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fo
Recent publications · Crossref
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Quotes
- “ترا میخواهم و دانم که هرگز”
- “...هوس در دیدگانش شعله افروخت”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Pahlavi Iran
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Place of death
- Tafresh
- Spouse
- Parviz Shapour
- Sibling
- Pooran Farrokhzad
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Image
- فروغ فرخزاد - مجموعه شعر اسیر، نشر امیرکبیر، ۱۳۳۴.png
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- Commons category
- Forough Farrokhzad
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- date of death
- 1967-02-13
- date of birth
- 1935-01-05
- manner of death
- accidental death
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- place of burial
- Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
- Commons Creator page
- Forough Farrokhzad
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Forugh Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد; 29 December 1934 – 14 February 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclastic, feminist author. Farrokhzad died in a car accident at the age of 32.
Early life and career
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