Azita Ghahreman (born 1962

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

, Iran) is an Iranian poet. She has written six books in

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and three books in

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. She has also translated American poetry. She has published four collections of poetry: ''Eve's Songs'' (1983), ''Sculptures of Autumn'' (1986), ''Forgetfulness is a Simple Ritual'' (1992) and ''The Suburb of Crows'' (2008), a collection reflecting on her exile in Sweden (she lives in an area called oxie on the outskirts of

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) that was published in both Swedish and

. A collection of Ghahreman's work was published in Swedish in 2009, alongside the work of Sohrab Rahimi and Kristian Carlsson. She has also translated a collection of poems by the American poet and cartoonist, Shel Silverstein, ''The Place Where the Sidewalk Ends'' (2000), into Persian. She has edited three volumes of poems by poets from

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, the eastern province of Iran, which has a rich and distinctive history. Ghahreman's poems have been translated into various languages including English by

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. A new book of poetry, ''Under Hypnosis in Dr Caligari's Cabinet,'' was published in Sweden in April 2012. Ghahreman's husband was Iranian poet and translator Sohrab Rahimi (1962-2016).

Books

English

* Poetry Translation Center London (2012) Featured translators: Maura Dooley, Elhum Shakerifar (collected poems in English) * ''Negative of a Group Photograph'',(2018) Featured translators: Maura Dooley, Elhum Shakerifar,London Bloodaxe Books,

Persian

* ''Avazhaaye havva'' ("Evas sånger") Ardeshir Förlag, Mashhad, Iran 1990, * ''Tandishaaye paeezi'' ("Höstens skulpturer") Gole-Aftab förlag, Mashhad, Iran 1996, * ''Faramooshi aine sadei daarad'' ("Glömskan är en enkel ceremoni") Nika Förlag, Mashhad, Iran 2002, * Ghahreman, Azita (2009) (på per). ''Īnjā ḥūmih'hā-yi kalagh ast''. Malmö: Smockadoll. Libris 11262348. * ''Zani aamad maraa bepooshad'' ("Kvinnan som kom för att klä mig"), Ahange-digar förlag, Teheran, Iran 2009, * ''Shabih khaani'' ("Rekviem"), Arast förlag, Stavanger, Norge, 2012 * ''Hipnos dar matab doktor kaligari'', Bootimar förlag, Teheran, Iran,2014 * ''Ghayeghi ke maraa aavard'', Solens bokförlag, Malmö, Sverige,2014

Swedish

*Ghahreman, Azita; Rahimi Sohrab, Carlsson Kristian (2009). ''Dikter: fyra diktsamlingar''. Serie splint ; 002Smockadoll ; 006. Malmö: Smockadoll. Libris 11689694. *Ghahreman, Azita; Rahimi Sohrab, Carlsson Kristian (2012). ''Under hypnos i Dr. Caligaris kabinett''. Serie splint ; 004. Malmö: Smockadoll. Libris 12752249. *Ghahreman, Azita; Rahimi Sohrab, Carlsson Kristian (2013). ''Serendips loggbok: dikter''. Serie splint ; 009. Malmö: Smockadoll. Libris 14612104. *Ghahreman, Azita ;Rahimi Sohrab, Carlsson Kristian (2019). ''De mest jordliga sakernas anfall ;''Malmö : Smockadoll. *Ghahreman, Azita translated by; Zohreh Azar Shahab (2022). Någonstans att gå vilse .Malmö : Smockadoll
ISBN 978-91-89099-26-5

Translate

* ''Jai ke piadero be payan miresad'' (originalets titel: Where the sidewalk ends, Shell Silverstein), tillsammans med Morteza Behravan, Hamrah förlag, Teheran (2000),från engelska till persiska * ''roshanaye tariki'' (valda dikter av Tomas Tranströmer översatt till persiska), tillsammans med Sohrab Rahimi, Arast Förlag, Stavanger, (Norge 2012), från svenska till persiska * ''a simple narrativ (valda dikter av'' Lundquist, Marie ''översatt till persiska)'' London: Hs Media. (2015), från svenska till persiska * ''Stad utan murar, city without'' ''borders (valda dikter av'' William-Olsson, Magnus ''översatt till persiska),''London: Hs Media.(2015) '' från svenska till persiska'' * ''Zanhaa dar kopenhag (valda dikter av'' Hav, Niels ''översatt till persiska),''Teheran: Bootimar '', (2015) Från Danska till persiska'' * ''Companion shade and wind'',Författare: Shorab Rahimi,Översättare: Azita Ghahraman, , (2017),från svenska till persiska

Awards

* 2013: Prins Wilhelm, 2013, Sweden * 2014: Ludvig Nobles Prize, Udmurtia, Russia

References

External links

Azita Ghahreman homepage

Azita Ghahreman
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