Forough Farrokhzad
29 December 1934 – 13 February 1967
Forough Farrokhzad was an Iranian poet and film director whose collections, among them Another Birth, broke with classical Persian convention in form and subject. She also directed the documentary The House Is Black, filmed at a leper colony in Tabriz, and died in a car accident in Tehran at the age of 32.
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Life events
Born in Tehran, the third of seven children of an army officer.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeft secondary school after the ninth grade to attend a girls' technical school in Tehran.
Married the satirist Parviz Shapour at the age of sixteen and moved with him to Ahvaz.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer debut volume of poetry, Asir, appeared in Tehran.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer marriage ended and custody of her son Kamyar remained with his father's family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSpent several months in Europe, including Italy and Germany, before returning to Tehran.
Filmed at a leper colony in Tabriz; the film later won a prize at the Oberhausen festival.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe collection Tavallodi Digar established her reputation in modern Persian poetry.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgKilled when her car swerved and struck a wall in Tehran.
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