Roja Chamankar (Persian: روجا چمنکار), born 20 May 1981[1] in Borazjan, Bushehr Province, Iran, in southern Iran, is a Persian poet.
Roja Chamankar | |
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| Born | 20 May 1981 Borazjan, Bushehr Province, Iran |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Persian |
She was born two years after the 1979 Iranian Revolution,[2] studied Literature and Cinema in Tehran, and her PhD in Persian Literature is in Strasbourg.[3][4] She participated in a number of international poetry festivals, including the Poetry Biennial Val-de-Marne in 2005[2] and the Voix vives de Méditerranée en Méditerranée festival in Sète[5] in 2013.[2]
Her poems have been published in various Iranian magazines and newspapers.[6] She has also directed a film and has presented children's television programmes in Iran.[2]
Published works
edit- You've Gone, Bring Me Some South
- Nine Months Stones
- Escape My Lips from the Roof
- Dying in a Mother Tongue[7]
References
edit- ^ "SUDOC–191751766". viaf.org. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ a b c d "Voix Vives de méditerranée en méditerranée | Annexe au dossier de presse | Notices biographiques" (PDF). 19 June 2015. p. 9. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Roja Chamankar – Éditions Bruno Doucey". editions-brunodoucey.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ "Her life in poetry". Times of Malta. 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Je ressemble à une chambre noire – Éditions Bruno Doucey". editions-brunodoucey.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ "Iranian Poet: Roja Chamankar". caroun.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ Xue, Leah (16 April 2019). ""Both a Poem and a Microcosm:" An Interview with Roja Chamankar". Michigan Quarterly Review.
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