Forough Farrokhzad
Iranian poet whose confessional, erotic verse broke every taboo of Persian literary tradition. Her four collections, particularly Reborn, are celebrated as the finest modern Persian poetry and a founding text of Iranian feminism.
Works
- The CaptivePoetry collection exploring confinement, rebellion, and feminine identity and desire
- The WallPoetry collection about barriers, limitations, and women's inner struggles
- RebellionPoetry collection exploring defiance, freedom, and political consciousness
- RebornPoetry collection about spiritual transformation and rebirth after suffering
- Another BirthPoetry sequence about spiritual and personal rebirth and transformation
- Captive
- The Rebellion
- Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season