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Simin Behbahani (Siminbar Khalili) was born on 20 July, 1927 in Tehran, Imperial State of Persia, is a Persian poet. Discover Simin Behbahani's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As Siminbar Khalili
Occupation Poet, lyricist, writer
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 20 July, 1927
Birthday 20 July
Birthplace Tehran, Imperial State of Persia
Date of death 19 August, 2014
Died Place Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iran

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Who Is Simin Behbahani's Husband?

Her husband is Hassan Behbahani (m. 1946-1970) Manouchehr Koshyar (m. 1971-1984)

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Parents Abbas Khalili (father)Fahr-Ozma Arghun (mother)
Husband Hassan Behbahani (m. 1946-1970) Manouchehr Koshyar (m. 1971-1984)
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Simin Behbahani Net Worth

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1925

Fahr-Ozma Arghun was one of the progressive women of her time and a member of Kānun-e Nesvān-e Vatan'khāh (Association of Patriotic Women) between 1925 and 1929.

1927

Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani (née Siminbar Khalili; ; 20 July 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist and activist.

She is known for her poems in a ghazal-style of poetic form.

She was an icon of modern Persian poetry, Iranian intelligentsia and literati who affectionately refer to her as the lioness of Iran.

She was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in literature, and "received many literary accolades around the world."

Simin Behbahani, whose name at birth was Siminbar Khalili (سيمين بر خليلی), was the daughter of Abbas Khalili, a poet, diplomat, newspaper publisher, and editor of the (English: Action) newspaper, and, poet and teacher of the French language.

Abbās Khalili wrote poetry in both Persian and Arabic and he translated some 1100 verses of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh into Arabic.

1932

In addition to her membership of Hezb-e Democrāt (Democratic Party) and Kānun-e Zanān (Women's Association), she was for a time (1932) Editor of the Āyandeh-ye Iran (Future of Iran) newspaper.

She taught French at the secondary schools Nāmus, Dār ol-Mo'allemāt and No'bāvegān in Tehran.

Simin Behbahani started writing poetry at twelve and published her first poem at the age of fourteen.

She used the "Char Pareh" style of Nima Yooshij and subsequently turned to ghazal.

Behbahani contributed to a historic development by adding theatrical subjects and daily events and conversations to poetry using the ghazal style of poetry.

She has expanded The Range of the traditional Persian verse forms and has produced some of the most significant works of the Persian literature in the 20th century.

1984

Her second marriage was to Manuchehr Koushyar and it ended when he died in 1984.

1999

She was President of the Iranian Writers' Association and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999 and 2002.

2010

In early March 2010, she could not leave the country due to official prohibitions.

As she was about to board a plane to Paris, police detained her and interrogated her "all night long".

She was released but without her passport.

Her English translator (Farzaneh Milani) expressed surprise at the arrest as detention as Behbahani was then 82 and nearly blind, "we all thought that she was untouchable."

She had two marriages, the first was to Hassan Behbahani and it ended in divorce.

She had three children from her first marriage, one daughter and two sons.

2013

In 2013, she was awarded the Janus Pannonius Grand Prize for Poetry.

2014

Behbahani was hospitalized on 6 August 2014.

She remained in coma from 6 August until her death on 19 August 2014, and died in Tehran's Pars Hospital of Pulmonary heart disease at the age of 87.

Her funeral, attended by thousands, was held on 22 August in Vahdat Hall, and her body was buried at Behesht-e Zahra.