Mina Assadi
Mina Assadi (born 12 March 1943) is an Iranian-born poet, author, journalist and songwriter who lives in exile in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mina Assadi
- Name
- Mina Assadi
- Born
- 12 March 1943
- Birthplace
- Sari, Iran
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Iran · Sweden
- Fields
- poetry
- Languages
- Persian
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Mina Assadi (born 12 March 1943) is an Iranian-born poet, author, journalist and songwriter who lives in exile in Stockholm, Sweden.
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• Name — Mina Assadi • Native Name — مینا اسدی • Born — 12 March 1943 • Birthplace — Sari, Iran • Citizenship — Iranian, Swedish • Occupation — Poet
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Personal life
Personal life
In 1996, she received a Hellman/Hammett Grant from Human Rights Watch of New York City, U.S.
Songwriter
Assadi has also written songs for Iranian singers like Ebi ("Halah"), Dariush ("Zendegi yek bazieh" and "Ahay javoon"), Hayedeh ("Onkeh yek roozi barayeh man khoda bod"), Giti ("Oje parvaz"), Ramesh ("To aftabi, to baroni") and Nooshafarin ("Koh he ghavei") and Afshin ("delam az ru nemire) to name a few.
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Ten days before the Iranian cultural personality and singer Fereydoun Farrokhzad was murdered in Germany on August 7, 1992, he had a poetry evening. The evening was interspersed with poems, songs and political statements. There, Fereydoun compared his late sister, the contemporary poet Forough Farrokhzad, to Assadi. A statement that was filmed and became the last video with Fereydoun before his death. Assadi has been discussed alongside other prominent Iranian women poets such as Forough Farrokhzad, Simin Daneshvar, and Simin Behbahani. Her work has been compared to that of Persian poets including Simin Behbahani and Parvin E'tesami, as well as Swedish poets Karl Vennberg and Edith Södergran. Assadi has also been compared to other Persian poets like Simin Behbahani and Parvin E'tesami and Swedish poets Karl Vennberg and Edith Södergran.
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