Simin Behbahani
Simin Behbahani
Iranian poet
Simin Behbahani, neé Siminbar Khalili, also called Simin Khalatbari, (born July 20, 1927, Tehrān, Iran—died August 19, 2014, Tehrān), Iranian poet who earned the sobriquet “the lioness of Iran” for eloquently challenging national authorities and expressing her steadfast opposition to oppression and violence in more than 600 poems.
Prior to her birth, Khalili’s father, an editor and writer, was temporarily exiled for works that were perceived as threatening to the government. Her parents were reunited two years later but ultimately divorced, and Khalili remained with her mother, a poet who encouraged her to write. She published her first poem at age 14. Khalili briefly trained as a midwife but was expelled from the program after being falsely accused of writing a newspaper article that criticized the school. Her dismissal was likely due to her association with the communist Tudeh (“Masses”) Party. Khalili married soon thereafter and assumed her husband’s surname, Behbahani. While raising a family, Behbahani studied law at the University of Tehrān. Following her divorce from her first husband, she remarried (1969) and completed her law degree. However, rather than pursuing a legal career, she found work as an educator, teaching high school for nearly 30 years.
Iranian poet
Simin Behbahani, neé Siminbar Khalili, also called Simin Khalatbari, (born July 20, 1927, Tehrān, Iran—died August 19, 2014, Tehrān), Iranian poet who earned the sobriquet “the lioness of Iran” for eloquently challenging national authorities and expressing her steadfast opposition to oppression and violence in more than 600 poems.
Prior to her birth, Khalili’s father, an editor and writer, was temporarily exiled for works that were perceived as threatening to the government. Her parents were reunited two years later but ultimately divorced, and Khalili remained with her mother, a poet who encouraged her to write. She published her first poem at age 14. Khalili briefly trained as a midwife but was expelled from the program after being falsely accused of writing a newspaper article that criticized the school. Her dismissal was likely due to her association with the communist Tudeh (“Masses”) Party. Khalili married soon thereafter and assumed her husband’s surname, Behbahani. While raising a family, Behbahani studied law at the University of Tehrān. Following her divorce from her first husband, she remarried (1969) and completed her law degree. However, rather than pursuing a legal career, she found work as an educator, teaching high school for nearly 30 years.
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