Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Great Regulars: Over the last six decades, [Simin] Behbahani

has published 19 books of poems. She is the most prolific female poet in Iran, a country in which poetry is the national scripture.

"My country, I will build you again."

This is one of the most anthologized poems of Simin Behbahani. [--Farzaneh Milani]

from Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: The Poetry of Simin Behbahani, 'Lioness of Iran'
also Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Farzaneh Milani Reads the Work of Simin Behbahani

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