Mina Assadi

Mina Assadi ( born March 12, 1943 in Sari, Iran) is an Iranian poet and author, who in exile in Stockholm, Sweden, lives. It is for writing about controversial and provocative issues, especially when they announced describes the struggle against the Iranian regime.

In 2007, she wrote the poem Pimps ( Djakesha ). It causes a lot of discussion as too vulgar. The poem is about those who live in Iran and in exile, who have forgotten the fight. She wrote her debut book, a collection of poems called Minas Gift ( Armanghane Mina ), aged 18 years. She then worked as a journalist for several well-known Iranian journals, for example Kayhan. She has a total of 14 books written, the book who throws stones ( Che kasi zang miandazad ) most attention.

Mina Assadi has ( aftabi To, to baroni ) also songs for singers such as Ebi Iran ( Halah ), Dariush ( Zendegi jek Basie and Ahay javoon ), Hayedeh ( Onkeh jek rosi barajeh you khoda bod ), Giti ( Geez parvaz ), Ramesh and Nooshafarin ( Koh hey ghavei ), just to name a few. In 1996 she won the Hellman / Hammett Grant from Human Rights Watch in New York. It is compared with the Persian poets, Forough Farrokhzad, Simin Behbahani ( Hellman / Hammett Grant winner ) and Parvin E'tesami and the Swedish poet Karl Vennberg (representative of the poetry) and Edith Södergran.