SIMIN BEHBAHANI.سیمین بهبهانی

Simin Behbahani is one of the most prominent figures in modern Persian literature and one of the outstanding contemporary Persian poets. She has expanded the range of traditional Persian verse forms and produced some of the most significant works of Persian literature in 20th century.She is president of The Iranian Writers' Association. Behbahani was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997.AKBAR GANJI recently has written an article a bout her.
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