Azita Ghahreman
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Azita Ghahreman | |
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| Born | 1962 Mashhad |
| Citizenship | Iranian |
| Genre | poetry |
Azita Ghahreman (born 1962 Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian poet. She has written six books in Persian and three books[1] in Swedish. She has also translated American poetry.
She has published four collections of poetry: Eve's Songs (1983), Sculptures of Autumn (1986), Forgetfulness is a Simple Ritual (1992) and The Suburb of Crows (2008), a collection reflecting on he exile in Sweden (she lives in an area called oxie on the outskirts of Malmö) that was published in both Swedish and Persian.
A collection of Azita's work was published in Swedish in 2009, alongside the work of Sohrab Rahimi and Christine Carlson. She has also translated a collection of poems by the American poet and cartoonist, Shel Silverstein, into Persian, The Place Where the Sidewalk Ends (2000). She has edited three volumes of poems by poets from Khorasan, the eastern province of Iran, which has a rich and distinctive history.
Azita's poems have been translated into various languages including English by Poetry Translation Centre.[2] A new book of poetry, Under Hypnosis in Dr Caligari's Cabinet was published in Sweden in April 2012.
Books
- Eva's Songs, (Persian) 1990.
- Autumn Sculptures, (Persian) 1995.
- Where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein(Translated to Persian with Morteza Behravan) 2000.
- The Forgetfulness has a Simple Ceremony,(Persian) 2002.
- Here is the Suburb of Crows, (Persian) 2009.
- four Poetry books (collected poems 1990-2009 in Swedish), 2009.
- Under hypnosis in Dr Caligari's Cabinet, (Swedish) 2012. ISBN 9789186175177, OCLC 939617230
- (Collection of poems in English) Poetry Translation Centre London. 2012.
- Lamentation: Shabih-Khani, Arast, 2012. ISBN 9788299802352, OCLC 942607243
- Serendips loggbook, (Swedish), 2013. ISBN 9789186175276, OCLC 940593480
Awards
References
- ^ "Smockadoll Förlag". Smockadoll.se. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Azita Ghahreman". www.poetrytranslation.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Emil Hagelbäck". Popularpoesi.se. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Сергій і Тетяна Дзюби — лауреати Малої Нобелівської премії – Міжнародної літературної премії імені Людвіга Нобеля "Будон" | Жінка-УКРАЇНКА". Ukrainka.org.ua. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
External links
- Azita Ghahreman homepage
- Azita Ghahreman, poetrytranslation.org
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