page_title: Simin Behbahani
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Simin Behbahani / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: Left to right: Nader Naderpour, Simin Behbahani, Ali Limonadi, Los Angeles, 1999. Photo by IRTV فارسی: Information in Persian: از چپ به راست: نادر نادرپور، سیمین بهبهانی، علی لیمونادی، لوس آنجلس، 1999 - عکس از آی.آر.تی.وی
context_page_description: Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani 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."
context_section_description: The Broken Lute [Seh-tar-e Shekasteh, 1951]
  Footprint [Ja-ye Pa, 1954]
  Chandelier [Chelcheragh, 1955]
  Marble [Marmar 1961]
  Resurrection [Rastakhiz, 1971]
  A Line of Speed and Fire [Khatti ze Sor'at va Atash, 1980]
  Arzhan Plain [Dasht-e Arzhan, 1983]
  Paper Dress [Kaghazin Jameh, 1992]
  A Window of freedom [Yek Daricheh Azadi, 1995]
  Collected Poems [Tehran 2003]
  Maybe It's the Messiah [Shayad ke Masihast, Tehran 2003] Selected Poems, translated by Ali Salami
  A Cup of Sin, Selected poems, translated by Farzaneh Milani and Kaveh Safa
caption: Left to Right: Nader Naderpour, Simin Behbahani and Ali Limonadi, Los Angeles, 1999.
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