Sheema Kalbasi
Sheema Kalbasi (Persian: شیما کلباسی) was born in Tehran, Iran on 20 November 1972 and grew up in Pakistan and Denmark. She is a poet, filmmaker, researcher and rights activist.[1][2] She lives in the United States.
Biography
Her poems have been anthologized and translated into more than 20 languages. She has done voluntary teaching and tutoring of Baha'i refugee children, disadvantaged Pakistani children as well as Iraqi Kurdish children in Pakistan.[3] Kalbasi has worked for the UNHCR and the Center for Refugees in Pakistan, and in Denmark.
In 2009 she signed an open letter of apology posted to Iranian.com along with 266 other Iranian academics, writers, artists, journalists about the Persecution of Bahá'ís.[4]
Books
- The Poetry of Iranian Women [5] (Editor, Reelcontent Publishing, 2008)
- Seven Valleys of Love,[6] a bilingual anthology of women poets from Middle Ages Persia to present day Iran (Translator, Editor, Phoenix Rising Arts Publishing, 2008)
- Echoes in Exile [7] (Phoenix Rising Arts Publishing, 2006)
- Sangsar (The Stoning, Sinbad Publishing, 2005)
Filmography
| Film | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Women on the Front Line | 2013 | Documentary |
| Simin Behbahani —For the Dream to Ride | 2013 | Poem film |
| Banafsheh Hejazi —Disappointment | 2013 | Poem film |
| Sholeh Wolpe — I Was Sung into This World | 2013 | Poem film |
| Farzaneh Ghavami —The Park | 2013 | Poem film |
Awards
- Human Rights Award and Recognition, Center for Refugees, UNHCR, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Hezbollah, from Echoes in Exile, Best Poem, Harvest International.
- The Passenger, Third place, Jerseyworks.
Nominations
- Echoes in Exile, Collection, Annual Library of Virginia Literary Award, 2008.
- Echoes in Exile,[8] Pushcart Prize, 2008.
- Seven Valleys of Love, The PEN Award for Poetry In Translation, 2008.
- Seven Valleys of Love, Anisfield-wolf Book Award, 2008.
See also
- List of Iranian women
- R M Chopra, "Eminent Poetesses of Persian", Iran Society, Kolkata, 2010
External links
- Official website
- The Clarion Interview
- Tehelka Interview
- The Diplomat Interview
- Take Part Interview
- Sheema Kalbasi, ICORN
- The Other Voices International Project
References
- ^ http://reelcontent.org/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXP8AXpPIuA
- ^ http://www.takepart.com/blog-series/artists-exile/2011/08/31/sheema-kalbasi-poetry
- ^ "We are ashamed!", Iranian.com, 2009-02-04
- ^ http://reelcontent.org
- ^ http://prapublishing.com/books_329.html
- ^ http://prapublishing.com/books_329.html
- ^ http://prapublishing.com/books_329.html
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Categories:
- Iranian women writers
- Iranian poets
- Iranian women activists
- Iranian activists
- Iranian women's rights activists
- Iranian human rights activists
- Iranian anti–death penalty activists
- Iranian dissidents
- Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United States
- Iranian emigrants to the United States
- 1972 births
- Persian-language women poets
- Living people
- Iranian expatriates in Denmark
- Iranian expatriates in Pakistan