Simin Behbahani
سیمین بهبهانی
Simin Behbahani
Born
Simin Khalili
سیمین خلیلی

(1927-06-20)20 June 1927
Tehran, Iran
Died19 August 2014(2014-08-19) (aged 87)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Poet, writer
Spouse(s)Hassan Behbahani (1946–1970, divorced)
Manouchehr Koshyar (1971–2002, his death)
ChildrenAli (b. 1948)
Parent(s)Abbas Khalili (Father)
Fakhr-e Ozma Arghun (Mother)

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]

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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  1. ↑ Simin (سیمین) is the Persian word for Silvery, Lustrous or Fair, and Behbahani (بهبهانی), From Behbahan, refers to the people of Behbahan, a city in the Khuzestan Province of Iran.
  2. ↑ Fatemeh Keshavarz, Banishing the Ghosts of Iran, The Chronicle Review of Higher Education, Vol. 53, No. 45, p. B6 (13 July 2007). [1] Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Tehran Halts Travel By Poet Called 'Lioness Of Iran' by Mike Shuster, NPR, 17 March 2010
  4. ↑ "Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture & Music Videos".
  5. ↑ Annamária Apró (26 September 2013). "Janus Pannonius Prize goes to Simin Behbahani". Hungarian Literature Online. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

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