Forough Farrochsād
Biography
Forugh Farrochsād, born in Tehran in 1935, was the first modern Iranian poet, as well as a film director and actress. She has dealt significantly with the attempt to redefine conventions and ideals and in her work has tried to overcome the stereotypes of men and women in order to “unveil” the truth behind them. Today she is considered one of the most talented and important women in the entire history of Persian literature. Over the course of her life she published several volumes of poetry, the last of which was published posthumously, and came to film in 1958 as an assistant at the Golestān Film Studio. She shot the documentary in Tabriz in 1962 The black house on the Behkade Rāǧī leper colony. She died in a car accident in 1967 at the age of 32.
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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
