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Also known as Furūgh Farrukhzād, Forough Farrokhzad, Foruq Farrochzad

Iranian poet (1935-1967)

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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

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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

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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
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Persian
Image
فروغ فرخزاد - مجموعه شعر اسیر، نشر امیرکبیر، ۱۳۳۴.png
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Forough Farrokhzad
cause of death
traffic collision
date of death
1967-02-13
date of birth
1935-01-05
manner of death
accidental death
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Art+Feminism
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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