<p>For over 1000 years, poetry has remained one of the most important traditions of Persian culture. So when, in the mid-twentieth century, a young woman emerged with a voice that spoke with a whirlwind of desire, a voice yearning with love, intimacy, and insight well beyond her years, the establishment was shaken. With a tumultuous love life that saw her become one of Iran's most controversial and scandalous public figures, Farrokhzād suffered under the glaring public eye. But she was also a mother, a filmmaker, and a visionary. Despite her poetry being banned for more than a decade after the Iranian Islamic Revolution, today she is seen as one of Iran's most revered poets, a woman with the audacity to speak taboos in a revolutionary form.</p><br><p>Join us for the last episode of Season Four as we explore one of the most extraordinary poets of the twentieth century. </p><br><p><strong>Selected References</strong></p><p>Dehghan, Saeed Kamali. “Former lover of the poet known as Iran's Sylvia Plath breaks his silence.” <em>The Guardian, </em>Mon 13 Feb, 2017. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/12/forough-farrokhzad-iranian-poet-ebrahim-golestan-slyvia-plath" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/12/forough-farrokhzad-iranian-poet-ebrahim-golestan-slyvia-plath</a></p><p><em>Forugh Farrokhzad: The Rebel Poet of Iran, </em><a href="http://farrokhzadpoems.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://farrokhzadpoems.com/</a></p><p><em>Forugh Farrokhzad</em>. 2018. <a href="https://www.forughfarrokhzad.org/index1.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.forughfarrokhzad.org/index1.htm</a></p><p>Ghasemi, Parvin, and Farideh Pourgiv. "Captivity, Confrontation, and Self‐Empowerment: identity in Forugh Farrokhzad’s poetry." <em>Women's History Review</em> 19.5 (2010): 759-774.</p><p>Hillmann, Michael C., <em>A. Lonely Woman. "Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry."</em> <em>Washington DC: Mage Publishers</em> (1987).</p><p>Milani, Farzaneh. "Love and sexuality in the poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad: A reconsideration." <em>Iranian Studies</em> 15.1-4 (1982): 117-128.</p><p>Radjy, Amir-Hussein. “Overlooked No More: Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian Poet Who Broke Barriers of Sex and Society.” <em>New York </em>Times, Jan 30, 2019. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/obituaries/forough-farrokhzad-overlooked.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/obituaries/forough-farrokhzad-overlooked.html</a></p><p>Zubizarreta, John. "The woman who sings no, no, no: Love, freedom, and rebellion in the poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad." <em>World Literature Today</em> 66.3 (1992): 421-426.</p><br><p>If you want to support Deviant Women, follow us on: </p><p><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/f233b879-0ddc-4c80-a104-d649d407a896/www.patreon.com/user?u=6251394" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/DeviantWomen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @DeviantWomen</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/deviantwomenpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> @deviantwomenpodcast</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/deviantwomen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @deviantwomenpodcast</p><br><p>Deviant Women is recorded and produced on the lands of the Kaurna People and we pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
