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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Special Attributes
- Signed
- Subject
- Biography
- Year Printed
- 2011
- Signed
- Yes
- Signed By
- Pravaneh Bahar
- ISBN
- 9781936012572
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Larson Publications
ISBN-10
193601257X
ISBN-13
9781936012572
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038808635
Product Key Features
Book Title
Poet's Daughter : Malek O'shoara Bahar of Iran and the Immortal Song of Freedom
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Women, Personal Memoirs, Civil Rights, Women's Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.7 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-935752
Reviews
The author is the daughter of perhaps the most distinguished Iranian poet of the 20th century, Mohammad Taqi Bahar (1884-1951), also known as Malek o' Sho'ara Bahar (King of Poets). Because of the enormous importance of poetry in Persian culture and her father's unique place in its preservation, creation, and innovation, Bahar's account of her family life is of value both to students of Persian and to the country's history. The family picture that she evokes here is one of intimacy shaped by a background of political autocracy under the late Shah's father, Reza Shah Pahlavi. What could such a regime think of an outspoken democrat who insisted on the equality of women and enjoyed alcohol? The book represents the testimony of the author's own remarkable life. Following her father's exile and imprisonment under Reza Shah and his tubercular death in Switzerland, Bahar traveled to the United States--over 50 years ago--for university studies, a new life, and involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her return to Iran after the fall of the Shah is dramatically rendered. VERDICT This well-written combination biography and memoir will be of particular interest to students of Iranian history but should also appeal to general readers of nonfiction.--Zachary T. Irwin, Penn State Univ.-Erie, Library Journal, Sept., 15, 2011, The author is the daughter of perhaps the most distinguished Iranian poet of the 20th century, Mohammad Taqi Bahar (18841951), also known as Malek o' Sho'ara Bahar (King of Poets). Because of the enormous importance of poetry in Persian culture and her father's unique place in its preservation, creation, and innovation, Bahar's account of her family life is of value both to students of Persian and to the country's history. The family picture that she evokes here is one of intimacy shaped by a background of political autocracy under the late Shah's father, Reza Shah Pahlavi. What could such a regime think of an outspoken democrat who insisted on the equality of women and enjoyed alcohol? The book represents the testimony of the author's own remarkable life. Following her father's exile and imprisonment under Reza Shah and his tubercular death in Switzerland, Bahar traveled to the United States-over 50 years ago-for university studies, a new life, and involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her return to Iran after the fall of the Shah is dramatically rendered. VERDICT This well-written combination biography and memoir will be of particular interest to students of Iranian history but should also appeal to general readers of nonfiction.-Zachary T. Irwin, Penn State Univ.Erie, Library Journal, Sept., 15, 2011
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
891.5513/092
Synopsis
A timely first English-language account of Iran's internationally revered champion of democratic values and King of Poets. Iranian demonstrators chant two songs: One is Morghe Sahar (Bird of the Morning) which Bahar wrote in jail, the other an anthem of Bahar's poems set to music. His daughter provides an intimate portrait of their life in Iran, and her activism in the USA beginning with our civil rights challenges of the 1950s/60s., They called it "Paradise", their beautiful home just outside old Tehran, and nurtured there a close bond of mutual love and respect for intellectual freedom. It was a magnet for leading thinkers and activists, who visited regularly for conversation with their best living poet and tireless champion of democracy, human rights, and women's empowerment -- Malek o'Shoara Bahar. Then one morning the children watched in horror as police dragged him away . . . Intimate and emotionally engaging, this powerful memoir introduces Americans to the high-profile Iranian cultural hero Malek o'Shoara Bahar -- whose freedom poem Morghe Sahar ("Bird of Dawn") is sung regularly with great passion at rallies for human rights and the empowerment of women throughout Iran. Bahar (1882-1951) tuned his political idealism and vast poetic gifts to Iranian's deepest feelings, championing democracy, freedom, and social justice -- for which Reza Shah rewarded him with regular prison stays and the attempted ostracisation of himself and his family. He is revered internationally by progressive Iranians and celebrated as Iran's best poet of the 20th century, many say of the past 500 years. Bahar's beloved daughter begins with moving reminiscences of her childhood and youth with him in Iran and later in Switzerland, replete with the charms and sensory delights of Tehran in the 1930s and 1940s, and punctuates the story with dozens of Bahar's poems as they are written. Then we see Parveneh carry his spirit forward into her own work as a progressive activist in the USA -- setting an inspiring example not only for Iranian women but for women throughout the world.
LC Classification Number
PK6561.B3Z57 2011
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