Parween Pazhwak (born in 1967 in

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) is an Afghan artist from Afghanistan and a modern poet and writer of the

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language.

Biography

Parween Pazhwak was born to the Pazhwak literary and political family, her father and mother being Ne'matulla Pazhwak and Afifah Pazhwak, respectively. She is the granddaughter of

Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Abdul Rahman Pazhwak ( fa, عبدالرحمن پژواک; born March 7, 1919 – June 8, 1995) was an Afghan poet and diplomat. He was educated in Afghanistan and started his career as a journalist, but eventually joined the foreign ministr ...

. Pazhwak went to the French-taught Malalai school and completed studying medicine in the Avicenna Medical Institute. Following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, she spent two years in Pakistan as a transit refugee before moving to Canada as an asylum seeker. She lives in

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together with her husband and children. Pazhwak considers the best time in her life to be her days as a student and life in exile to be among her most difficult times. Her works of literature include modern Persian poetry, short stories, and paintings for children. She has created eleven works of art. Two of her most famous published books are ''Darya dar Shabnam'' (''Oceans in Dew'') and ''Negin-ha wa Setara-ha'' (''Gems and Stars'').

References

Sources

* R M Chopra, "Eminent Poetesses of Persian", Iran Society, Kolkata, 2010 Pazhwak, Parwin Pazhwak, Parwin Pazhwak, Parwin Pazhwak, Parwin Pazhwak, Parwin Pazhwak, Parwin Pashtun women Afghan women poets People from Kabul Afghan emigrants to Canada Persian-language women poets Canadian people of Pashtun descent 21st-century Persian-language writers 21st-century Afghan poets {{Afghanistan-writer-stub