Simin Behbahani facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Simin Behbahani سیمین بهبهانی
Simin Behbahani
Born	Simin Khalili سیمین خلیلی (1927-06-20)20 June 1927 Tehran, Iran
Died	19 August 2014(2014-08-19) (aged 87) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Poet, writer
Spouse(s)	Hassan Behbahani (1946–1970, divorced) Manouchehr Koshyar (1971–2002, his death)
Children	Ali (b. 1948)
Parent(s)	Abbas Khalili (Father) Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun (Mother)

Simin Beh'bahāni (Persian: سیمین بهبهانی) (June 20, 1927 - August 19, 2014) was an Iranian writer and poet. She was Iran's national poet and an icon to Iranian literature. She was called the lioness of Iran. She was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and "received many literary awards around the world."

Behbahani was hospitalized in Tehran on 6 August 2014. She was in a coma until her death thirteen days later on 19 August 2014, aged 87.

Works

• The Broken Lute [Seh-tar-e Shekasteh, 1951]
• Footprint [Ja-ye Pa, 1954]
• Chandelier [Chelcheragh, 1955]
• Marble [Marmar 1961]
• Resurrection [Rastakhiz, 1971]
• A Line of Speed and Fire [Khatti ze Sor'at va Atash, 1980]
• Arzhan Plain [Dasht-e Arzhan, 1983]
• Paper Dress [Kaghazin Jameh, 1992]
• A Window of freedom [Yek Daricheh Azadi, 1995]
• Collected Poems [Tehran 2003]
• Maybe It's the Messiah [Shayad ke Masihast, Tehran 2003] Selected Poems, translated by Ismail Salami
• A Cup of Sin, Selected poems, translated by Farzaneh Milani and Kaveh Safa

Awards

• 1998 Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammet Grant
• 1999 Carl von Ossietzky Medal
• 2006 Norwegian Authors' Union Freedom of Expression Prize
• 2009 mtvU Poet Laureate
• 2013 Janus Pannonius Poetry Prize

Images for kids

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  Board of Governors of Association of Patriotic Women, Tehran, 1922

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  Simin Behbahani in Washington DC, ca. 1990.

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  Left to Right: Nader Naderpour, Simin Behbahani and Ali Limonadi, Los Angeles, 1999.