Iranian poet (1927-2014) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simin Beh'bahāni[1] (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.[2] She was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and "received many literary awards around the world."[3]
Simin Behbahani سیمین بهبهانی | |
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Born | Simin Khalili سیمین خلیلی 20 June 1927 Tehran, Iran |
Died | 19 August 2014 87) | (aged
Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation(s) | 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) |
Behbahani was hospitalized in Tehran on 6 August 2014. She was in a state of coma until her death thirteen days later on 19 August 2014, aged 87.
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