In her work, Farrochsād goes against both literary and social conventions, thereby breaking all taboos. It does not adhere to the traditional forms of poetry and thus transfers Iranian poetry into the modern age. Her work gives women a voice in Iranian male society by describing the inner life of a woman from a female perspective in her poems for the first time. In doing so, she uses a sober realism and unreserved honesty.

Translated from the Persian by Kurt Scharf.

Forugh Farrochsad

Kurt Scharf