Forugh Farrokhzad

Forugh Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد; 28 December 1934 – 14 February 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclastic, feminist author. Farrokhzad died in a car accident at the age of 32.

Forugh Farrokhzad
Native name
فروغ فرخزاد
BornForoghzaman Farrokhzād Arraghi
28 December 1934
Tehran, Imperial Iran
Died13 February 1967(1967-02-13) (aged 32)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeZahir Dowleh Cemetery
OccupationPoet, filmmaker
NationalityIranian
Notable worksThe Captive (1955)
Wall (1956)
Rebellion (1958)
Another Birth (1964)
Spouse
(m. 1952; div. 1955)
PartnerEbrahim Golestan (1960–1967)
ChildrenKamyar
Hossein (adopted)
RelativesFereydoun Farrokhzad (brother)
Pooran Farrokhzad (sister)
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