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Also known as Simin Khalili, Simin Abbas Khalili, Siminbar Khalili

Iranian poet (1927-2014)

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Simin Behbahani, born Siminbar Khalili in Tehran in 1927, was a female poet, writer, lyricist, and songwriter who worked in Persian. She was educated at the University of Tehran and began her work period in 1941. Her notable works include The Story of Zahra, Ba ghalbe khad, A Cup of Sin, and Maybe It's the Messiah. She received the Carl von Ossietzky Medal during her career.

She was the daughter of Abbas Khalili and Fahr-Ozma Arghun and had three children. Behbahani died in Tehran on August 19, 2014, and was buried at Behesht-e Zahra. She held citizenship in Pahlavi Iran and Iran. Her name in her native language is سیمین بهبهانی.

Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • The Story of Zahra
  • Ba ghalbe khad
  • A Cup of Sin
  • Maybe It's the Messiah Shayad Ke-masee Hast

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12
Total plays
25

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Simin Behbahani Simin Behbahani (Persian: سیمین بهبهانی‎‎; 20 June 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporaneity poet, lyricist and activist. She was an icon of the modern Persian poetry, Iranian intelligentsia and literati who affectionately refer to her as the lioness of Iran.[1] She was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in literature, and has "received many literary accolades around the world."[2] Her surname also appears as Bihbahani. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sim

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Iran
Place of birth
Tehran
Place of death
Tehran
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
Persian
Field of work
poetry
Image
سیمین بهبهانی - Simin Behbahani.jpg
Number of children
3
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date of death
2014-08-19
date of birth
1927-07-20
Commons category
Simin Behbahani
place of burial
Behesht-e Zahra
name in native language
سیمین بهبهانی
birth name
Siminbar Khalili
start of work period
1941-00-00
end of work period
2014-00-00
writing language
Persian
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