Bita Prize for Behbahani

Photo essay: Literature and Freedom award

by Nazy Kaviani
14-Mar-2008
 
Iranian poet Simin Behbahani is the first recipient of Stanford University's Bita Prize for Literature and Freedom. The new $10,000 prize is part of the Daryabari Persian Studies Fund, recently endowed by Bita Daryabari to support and promote teaching, research and scholarship relating to Iran, including the area formerly known as Persia, and people of Iranian or Persian heritage>>>
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ramintork

Another Iranian nationial treasure

by ramintork on

If we needed to refer to a living Encylopedia of Iranian goodness we would look to her to be our source

Other than her beautiful poetry she will be remembered for standing side by side of other Iran Dokhts.


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be ahmadinezhad dar rabete ba bozghale khandane roshanfekran

by sarekar (not verified) on

شنیــدم باز هم گوهر فشــاندی
که روشنـــفکر را بزغاله خواندی
ولی ایشــان ز خویشـانت نبـودند
در این خط جمله را بیــجا نشـاندی
سخـن گفـتــی ز عدل و داد و آنرا
به نان و آب مجــانی کشــاندی
از این نَقلت که همچون نٌقل تر بود
هیاهــو شد عجب توتــــی تکانــدی
سخن هایت ز حکمت دفــتری بود
چه کفتر ها از این دفتر پراندی
ولیــکن پول نفـت و سفره خلــــق
ز یادت رفت و زان پس لال ماندی
سخن از آسمان و ریسمان بود
دریـــغا حرفـی از جنـــگل نراندی
چو از بزغاله کردی یاد ای کاش
سلامـی هم به میــمون میرساندی
سیمین بهبهانی


Anonymous4now

She'r az Behbahani

by Anonymous4now on


Ali P.

Lion of a woman!

by Ali P. on

I wonder who can fill her shoes in the future.


Darius Kadivar

One of The Bravest Today !

by Darius Kadivar on

Bravo and Congrats Khanoum Behbahani !

Truly Deserved !

VIVE LES PERSANES !

 


IRANdokht

SWEET!

by IRANdokht on

well-deserved award!

very nice to see the attention and recognition given to such a great talent.

thanks go to you, Stanford U and Bita Dryabari

IRANdokht


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bravo!!

by Anonymous2 (not verified) on

It is always great to see Iranian cultural promotion. Thanks for posting this Nazi.