Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran

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"The pioneering Iranian poet, writer, and filmmaker Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) was an iconic figure in her own day and has come to represent the spirit of revolt against patriarchal and cultural norms in Iran. Five decades after her tragic death, Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran brings her ground-breaking work into new focus. Highlighting her literary and cinematic innovation, this volume examines the unique place Farrokhzad occupies both inside Iran and beyond, in the Iranian diasporic imagination and through the numerous translations of her poetry into English. This volume is a fitting and authoritative tribute to the work of a remarkable woman which will introduce and explain her legacy for a twenty-first-century audience. This second edition includes two new chapters which explore a travelogue Farrokhzad wrote during her time in Italy, and an examination of Farrokhzad's influence on the Afghan female poet, Sarahat Rowshani"--back cover.