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Jan 1, 2022 · Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun wrote poetry and short stories; she translated from French; she played the Tar. She was one of the founding members of The Association of Patriotic Women and an active member of the Women's Society of Iran, both leading women's groups in Iran during the first part of the twentieth-century.
Simin Behbahani was born in Tehran in 1927, fittingly, to two writers who first became. acquainted with each other through poetry. Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun, Behbahani's mother, had written a patriotic poem, which was published in a journal named Eqdam. Her father, Abbas.
Aug 22, 2014 · Her mother, Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun, had sent a poem she wrote to a magazine edited by Abbas Khalili, a translator and poet himself. He liked the poem and was surprised to find it had been...
Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun (1898–1966) was one of the progressive women of her time and a member of Kanun-e Nesvan-e Vatan'khah (Association of Patriotic Women) between 1925 and 1929. In addition to her membership in Hezb-e Democrat (Democratic Party) and Kanun-e Zanan (Women's Association), she was for a time (1932) Editor of the Ayandeh-ye Iran ...
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The Broken Lute [Seh-tar-e Shekasteh, 1951]Footprint [Ja-ye Pa, 1954]Chandelier [Chelcheragh, 1955]Marble [Marmar 1961]1998 Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammet Grant1999 Carl von Ossietzky Medal2006 Norwegian Authors' Union Freedom of Expression Prize2009 mtvUPoet LaureateMedia related to Simin Behbahaniat Wikimedia Commons 1. Biography of Simin Behbahani 2. An International Symposium on The Life and Poetry of Simin Behbahani Archived 2008-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
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acquainted with each other through poetry. Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun, Behbahani’s mother, had written a patriotic poem, which was published in a journal named Eqdam. Her father, Abbas Khalili, was the founder and editor of this journal, as well as a prolific novelist. Upon its sub-mission, Khalili was so moved by Arghun’s poem that he proposed ...
Jul 19, 2021 · Born on July 20, 1927 in Iran’s capital Tehran, Simin was the daughter of Abbas Khalili, poet, writer and editor of Eghdam newspaper, and Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun who was a progressive woman of her time who was master at Arabic and French languages.
